Dedication and Commitment

noun

• Complete and wholehearted fidelity.
• A ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose.
• A message that makes a pledge.
  • synonyms: commitment
• A short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something.
  • synonyms: inscription
• 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: commitment, allegiance, loyalty

• (n.) A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public use.
• (n.) An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor.
• (n.) The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple.

dedication is the voluntary transfer of private property by its owner to the public for some public use, such as for streets or schools. Deed A written instrument that, when executed and delivered, conveys title to or an interest in real estate.

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.