Undertaking

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

Noun	1.	undertaking - any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings" Synonyms: project, task, labor
	2.	undertaking - the trade of a funeral director

UNDERTAKING, contracts. An engagement by one of the parties to a contract to the other, and not the mutual engagement of the parties to each other; a promise. 5 East, R. 17; 2 Leon. 224, 5; 4 B, & A. 595.

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