obligating

verb
  1. 1

    To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.

  2. 2

    To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.

  3. 3

    To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.

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