Commitment and Engaged

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.

verb

• Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in.
  • usage: "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"
  • synonyms: prosecute, engage, pursue
• Consume all of one's attention or time.
  • usage: "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
  • synonyms: absorb, engross, engage, occupy
• Engage or hire for work.
  • usage: "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed"
  • synonyms: hire, engage, employ
• Ask to represent; of legal counsel.
  • usage: "I'm retaining a lawyer"
  • synonyms: engage
• Give to in marriage.
  • synonyms: betroth, engage, affiance, plight
• Get caught.
  • usage: "make sure the gear is engaged"
  • synonyms: engage
• Carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns. )
  • usage: "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
  • synonyms: engage, wage
• Hire for work or assistance.
  • usage: "engage aid, help, services, or support"
  • synonyms: engage, enlist
• Engage for service under a term of contract.
  • usage: "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome"
  • synonyms: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
• Keep engaged.
  • usage: "engaged the gears"
  • synonyms: engage, mesh, lock, operate

adjective

• Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged.
  • usage: "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"
  • synonyms: occupied
• Involved in military hostilities.
  • usage: "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"
• Reserved in advance.
  • synonyms: booked, set-aside
• Of facilities such as telephones or lavatories. ( unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line))
  • usage: "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"
  • synonyms: busy, in use
• Used of toothed parts or gears. ( interlocked and interacting)
  • usage: "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"
  • synonyms: meshed, intermeshed
• Having services contracted for.
  • usage: "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"
• Built against or attached to a wall.
  • usage: "engaged columns"

• (a.) Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.
• (a.) Occupied; employed; busy.
• (imp.&p.p.) of Engage.
• (a.) Involved; especially, involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight.
• (a.) Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.