undertaking

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkɪŋ/
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Noun

undertaking (plural undertakings)

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

Translations

The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals

Chinese:
Mandarin: 殯儀業, 殡仪业 (bìnyíyè)
Greek: γραφείο κηδειών n (grafeío kideión)

Russian: похоро́нное бюро́ n (poxorónnoje bjuró)
Spanish: funeraria (es) f

A promise or pledge; a guarantee

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

Russian: обяза́тельство (ru) n (objazátelʹstvo)

That which is undertaken

Chinese:
Mandarin: 事業 (zh), 事业 (zh) (shìyè), 任務 (zh), 任务 (zh) (rènwu), 工作 (zh) (gōngzuò)
Finnish: hanke (fi), aie (fi)
French: entreprise (fr) f
German: Unternehmen (de) n
Hungarian: vállalkozás (hu)
Latin: susceptus n
Maori: hinonga

Norwegian:
Bokmål: foretak n
Polish: przedsięwzięcie (pl) n
Russian: предприя́тие (ru) m (predprijátije), мероприя́тие (ru) n (meroprijátije)
Spanish: emprendimiento (es) m
Swedish: företag (sv) n
Yiddish: אונטערנעמונג‎ f (unternemung)

The act of one who undertakes

Irish: gabháil m

Yiddish: אונטערנעמונג‎ f (unternemung)

Verb

undertaking

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for undertaking in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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