Sentence:  Sipping their coffee , discussing the weather , the day 's shopping , Fritzie 's <WSD>commitments</WSD> at the network ( all of which he would cancel ) , they avoided the radio , the morning TV news show , even the front page of the Santa Luisa Register , resting on the kitchen bar . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  an engagement by contract involving financial obligation