Commitment and Activity

noun

• The trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose.
  • usage: "a man of energy and commitment"
  • synonyms: committedness
• The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action.
  • usage: "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team"
  • synonyms: allegiance, loyalty, dedication
• An engagement by contract involving financial obligation.
  • usage: "his business commitments took him to London"
• A message that makes a pledge.
  • synonyms: dedication
• The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital. ).
  • synonyms: committal, consignment

• (n.) The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.
• (n.) The act of committing or putting in charge, keeping or trust; consignment; especially, the act of committing to prison.
• (n.) A doing or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.
• (n.) A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus.
• (n.) The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.

Commitment is a promise by a lender to make a loan on specific terms or conditions to a borrower or builder. A promise by an investor to purchase mortgages from a lender with specific terms or conditions. An agreement, often in writing, between a lender and a borrower to loan money at a future date subject to the completion of paper work or compliance with stated conditions.

noun

• Any specific behavior.
  • usage: "they avoided all recreational activity"
• The state of being active.
  • usage: "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"
  • synonyms: action, activeness
• An organic process that takes place in the body.
  • usage: "respiratory activity"
  • synonyms: bodily process, body process, bodily function
• Chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction. (
  • usage: "catalytic activity"
• A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings. )
  • usage: "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
  • synonyms: natural process, natural action, action
• The trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically.
  • usage: "the level of activity declines with age"
  • synonyms: activeness

(n.) The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.

(DoD) A function, mission, action, or collection of actions. Also called ACT. See also establishment.
(DoD) A unit, organization, or installation performing a function or mission, e.g., reception center, redistribution center, naval station, naval shipyard.

Activity is the type of work performed by an organization in carrying out the program for which it is responsible.