Undertaking vs. Enterprise

By Jaxson

  • Undertaking (noun)

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

  • Undertaking (noun)

    A promise or pledge; a guarantee.

  • Undertaking (noun)

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

  • Undertaking (noun)

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

  • Undertaking (verb)

    present participle of undertake

  • Enterprise (noun)

    A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.

    “The government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) are a group of financial services corporations which have been created by the United States Congress.”

    “A micro-enterprise is defined as a business having 5 or fewer employees and a low seed capital.”

  • Enterprise (noun)

    An undertaking, venture, or project, especially a daring and courageous one.

    “Biosphere 2 was a scientific enterprise aimed at the exploration of the complex web of interactions within life systems.”

  • Enterprise (noun)

    A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.

    “He has shown great enterprise throughout his early career.”

  • Enterprise (noun)

    An active participation in projects.

  • Enterprise (verb)

    To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.

  • Enterprise (verb)

    To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.

  • Enterprise (verb)

    To treat with hospitality; to entertain.

Wiktionary
  • Undertaking (noun)

    a formal pledge or promise to do something

    “I give an undertaking that we shall proceed with the legislation”

  • Undertaking (noun)

    the action of undertaking to do something

    “the knowing undertaking of an obligation”

  • Undertaking (noun)

    a task that is taken on; an enterprise

    “a mammoth undertaking that involved digging into the side of a cliff face”

  • Undertaking (noun)

    a company or business

    “national transport undertakings”

  • Undertaking (noun)

    the business of managing funerals.

  • Undertaking (noun)

    the action of catching up with and passing another vehicle while travelling on the inside

    “the Highway Code discourages undertaking on motorways”

  • Enterprise (noun)

    a project or undertaking, especially a bold or complex one

    “a joint enterprise between French and Japanese companies”

  • Enterprise (noun)

    initiative and resourcefulness

    “success came quickly, thanks to a mixture of talent, enterprise, and luck”

  • Enterprise (noun)

    a business or company

    “a state-owned enterprise”

  • Enterprise (noun)

    entrepreneurial economic activity

    “an economic environment which encourages enterprise”

    “local enterprise agencies”

Oxford Dictionary

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