undertaking

  1. Noun.  Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
  2. Noun.  A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
  3. Noun.  That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
  4. Noun.  The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business.
  5. Verb.  (present participle of, undertake) .

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