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The phrase "ability to make commitments" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing someone's capacity or willingness to take on responsibilities or promises.
Example: "Her ability to make commitments is one of the reasons she was chosen for the leadership role."
Alternatives: "capacity for commitment" or "willingness to commit."
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For similar reasons, the satirical springboard of Kunkel's first novel — a neurotically aimless New Yorker takes medication that he believes will instill in him the ability to make commitments — is rather creaky.
The talks here last week also ranged beyond his own conversations with Premier Chou, in July and October, Mr. Kissinger said, in that he has none of the President's ability to make commitments and to speak with authority on variety of topics.
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Instead, you might give your agent the freedom to brainstorm options at the table but not the ability to make binding commitments without your approval.
On the relevance of the ability to make binding commitments in dynamic games see, e.g., Drew Fudenberg & Jean Tirole, Game Theory 71 (1991).
They don't want to make commitments.
You have to make commitments," Keating said.
"I'm slow to make commitments," he says.
Be willing to make commitments.
One answer to the problem of getting to make commitments is to ensure that the organizational culture rewards commitment.
To avoid this tired contract negotiation tactic, ask your counterpart before you negotiate to clarify her ability to make a commitment on behalf of her organization.
You can head off this tired tactic by asking your counterpart before you negotiate to clarify her ability to make a commitment on behalf of her organization.
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