undertaking

Meaning

1. The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
2. A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
3. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
4. The act of one who undertakes (in either sense).

funeral parlour

engaging in

taking upon oneself

death care

death-care

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkɪŋ/

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undertake

1. To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
2. To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
3. (informal) To pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.
4. To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.
5. (obsolete) To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.
6. (obsolete) To assume, as a character; to take on.
7. (obsolete) To engage with; to attack, take on in a fight.
8. (obsolete) To have knowledge of; to hear.
9. (obsolete) To have or take charge of.

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