Associations to the word «Undertaking»

Wiktionary

UNDERTAKING, noun. The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
UNDERTAKING, noun. A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
UNDERTAKING, noun. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
UNDERTAKING, noun. The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business.
UNDERTAKING, verb. Present participle of undertake

Dictionary definition

UNDERTAKING, noun. Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings".
UNDERTAKING, noun. The trade of a funeral director.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope