Un`der*tak"ing, n.
1.
The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business.
Hakluyt.
2.
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
3.
Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
4.
A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
A. Trollope.
© Webster 1913.