undertaking

Definition

The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.

Etymology

By surface analysis, undertake + -ing.

Example Sentences

• "The Hong Kong SAR Government has given undertakings that such powers [powers to prevent people from leaving Hong Kong] will not be used and that the ability to remove people from flights will be applied only to stop certain asylum seekers from entering Hong Kong."
• "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."