undertakings

Noun

undertaking (plural undertakings)

1. The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
2. A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
   • Nobody troubles to keep his word, to carry out literally his undertakings. In my small way I try to set that right by showing them the logical development of their ways.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
3. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
   • He laid the foundation stone on August 1 1847, and then set around 2,000 workmen loose on the undertaking. The station opened exactly one year later on August 1 1848.2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 58

   Synonyms:

   enterprise, pursuit, establishment, activity, doings, endeavor, pursuance, venture

4. The act of one who undertakes (in either sense).

   Antonyms:

   overtaking