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Definition of Undertaking
Undertaking

of Undertake

The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business.

That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.

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

A promise or pledge; a guarantee.

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Undertaking Quotations

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.
Samuel Johnson

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which, more than anything else, will determine its successful outcome.
William James

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.
Napoleon Hill

To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy.
Emile M. Cioran

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.
Golda Meir

Undertaking Translations

undertaking in French is entreprenant
undertaking in Italian is intraprendere
undertaking in Latin is commissum, orsus
undertaking in Spanish is funeraria


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