undertaking

Plural: undertakings

Noun

• any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
  • "he prepared for great undertakings"
• the trade of a funeral director
• 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 (in either sense).

Verb

• enter upon an activity or enterprise
• accept as a challenge
• promise to do or accomplish
• enter into a contractual arrangement
• accept as a charge
• present participle and gerund of undertake

Synonyms

attempt, contract, guarantee, labor, project, set about, tackle, take in charge, take on, task, undertake, activity, doings, endeavor, enterprise, establishment, pursuance, pursuit, undertaking, venture

Antonyms

overtaking