undertaking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʌndə(r)ˌteɪkɪŋ/, X-SAMPA: /"Vnd3r%teIkIN/

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Noun

undertaking (plural undertakings)

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

Translations

Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 殯儀業 (cmn), 殡仪业 (cmn) (bìnyíyè)

• Russian: похоронное бюро (ru) (poxorónnoje bjuró) n

A promise or pledge; a guarantee

• Finnish: sopimus (fi), lupaus (fi)
• Italian: garanzia (it) f

• Russian: обязательство (ru) (objazátelʹstvo) n

That which is undertaken

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 事業 (cmn), 事业 (cmn) (shìyè), 任務 (cmn), 任务 (cmn) (rènwu), 工作 (cmn) (gōngzuò)

• Finnish: hanke (fi), aie (fi)

• German: Unternehmen (de) n
• Russian: предприятие (ru) (predprijátije) m, мероприятие (ru) (meroprijátije) n
• Yiddish: אונטערנעמונג (yi) (unternemung) f

The act of one who undertakes

• Irish: gabháil (ga) m

• Yiddish: אונטערנעמונג (yi) (unternemung) f

Verb

undertaking

1. Present participle of undertake.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.