"obtain commitment" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used when you want to refer to getting someone to agree to do something, or to fulfill an obligation. For example, you could say: "The manager worked hard to obtain commitment from his employees to work longer hours during the busy season."
At the core of the corporate standoff is an attempt by ABC and Disney to obtain commitments from Time Warner of more widespread and profitable distribution of Disney programming on Time Warner Cable.
The main focus of Mr. Obama's meeting is to obtain commitments from each of the 47 countries attending to lock up or eliminate nuclear material.
*Alabama was placed on five years' probation early this year, with a two-year ban on bowl games and a reduction in scholarships, for a recruiting scandal in which boosters were accused of paying money to obtain commitments from high school players.
We are proceeding to obtain commitments for $5.2 billion of senior debt financing to be made available to Dell as a bridge loan to guaranty the tender offer and believe that we are on target to achieve that result.
In court documents, the agency denied many of the company's assertions, stating that Michaels breached the agreement by failing to obtain commitments from lenders willing to invest in the project.
The N.C.A.A. placed Alabama on five years of probation today, with a two-year ban on bowl games and heavy scholarship reductions, for a recruiting scandal in which boosters were accused of paying money to obtain commitments from high school players.
"We have tried hard to obtain commitments from the US to ensure that any new arrangement meets the requirement of the court ruling.
For example, if information is exchanged with scientists at European universities or government research institutions, the U.S. university will have to obtain commitments that the information will not be passed to non-NATO countries or individuals.
"The fact that the number of firms raising money successfully remains at such low levels confirms an ongoing contraction of the venture capital industry, which will serve well those funds that can obtain commitments — but that group is becoming more and more narrow".
