Commitment and Identifying

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

• Recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something.
  • usage: "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"
  • synonyms: identify, place
• Give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property.
  • usage: "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"
  • synonyms: name, identify
• Consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else.
  • usage: "He identified with the refugees"
  • synonyms: identify
• Conceive of as united or associated.
  • usage: "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus"
  • synonyms: identify
• Identify as in botany or biology, for example.
  • synonyms: identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
• Consider to be equal or the same.
  • usage: "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
  • synonyms: identify