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undertaking

Pronunciation: /ʌndəˈteɪkɪŋ/

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Definition of undertaking

noun

  • 1a formal pledge or promise to do something:I give an undertaking that we shall proceed with the legislation
  • [mass noun] the action of undertaking to do something:the knowing undertaking of an obligation
  • 2a task that is taken on; an enterprise:a mammoth undertaking that involved digging into the side of a cliff face
  • a company or business:national transport undertakings
  • 3 [mass noun] the business of managing funerals.

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