1. Noun
The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.
2. Noun
A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus.
3. Noun
The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.
4. Noun
A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.
5. Noun
The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.
6. Noun
a message that makes a pledge
Vocabulary classified under Business and finance
7. Noun
an engagement by contract involving financial obligation; "his business commitments took him to London"
Vocabulary classified under Economics
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