Undertaking
Definition
A commercial, industrial, or construction enterprise; it also represents a legal contract (undertaking / independent contract) whereby one party, called the contractor, undertakes to execute at their own risk a certain work, activity, or service for the other party, called the beneficiary, in exchange for a determined price.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Undertaking
- Independent contract
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine noun, regular legal and corporate terminology variations. |
| Formation | Borrowed from French 'entreprise', fully integrated into the standard Romanian judicial and business vocabulary. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [an.tre.ˈpri.zə] |
| Source | Glossary of Commercial Law and Infrastructure Project Management |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Compania a câștigat licitația publică și a semnat un contract de antrepriză pentru modernizarea rețelei de apă.
EN: The company won the public tender and signed an independent contract for the modernization of the water network.
RO: Această antrepriză privată de succes a reușit să își extindă activitatea pe trei piețe europene în doar doi ani.
EN: This successful private enterprise managed to expand its activity to three European markets in just two years.
RO: Codul Civil reglementează în detaliu răspunderea juridică ce decurge dintr-o antrepriză în caz de vicii ascunse.
EN: The Civil Code regulates in detail the legal liability arising from an undertaking in case of hidden defects.
Idioms & Phrases
Contract de antrepriză / Independent contract / Works contract
RO: Acord juridic prin care se stabilește execuția unei lucrări de către un specialist, fără a exista un raport de subordonare salarială.
EN: A legal agreement establishing the execution of a work by a specialist, without the existence of a wage subordination relationship.
Antrepriză de construcții / Construction firm / Contracting company
RO: Organizație economică specializată în realizarea de lucrări de geniu civil, clădiri rezidențiale sau proiecte de infrastructură.
EN: An economic organization specialized in executing civil engineering works, residential buildings, or infrastructure projects.
Subantrepriză / Subcontracting
RO: Procedură prin care antreprenorul general încredințează unei terțe firme executarea unor părți din lucrarea asumată.
EN: A procedure whereby the general contractor entrusts a third firm with the execution of parts of the assumed work.
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