undertaking

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

under·tak·ing AW [undertaking undertakings] BrE [ˌʌndəˈteɪkɪŋ] NAmE [ˌʌndərˈteɪkɪŋ] noun
1. countable a task or project, especially one that is important and/or difficult
Syn: ↑venture
•He is interested in buying the club as a commercial undertaking.
•In those days, the trip across country was a dangerous undertaking.
2. countable (formal)an agreement or a promise to do sth
•~ (to do sth) a government undertaking to spend more on education
•~ (that…) The landlord gave a written undertaking that the repairs would be carried out.
3. BrE [ˈʌndəteɪkɪŋ] ; NAmE [ˈʌndərteɪkɪŋ] uncountable the business of an ↑undertaker

Example Bank:
•The factory failed to honour its undertaking to stop dumping waste into the local river.
•We have to decide if this is a worthwhile commercial undertaking.
•the first joint undertaking of the two societies
•He gave an undertaking that he would not interfere again.
•Neither side had honoured its undertaking to end the conflict.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  project, task, labor