enterprise
noun
- an undertaking; project; specif.,
- a bold, difficult, dangerous, or important undertaking
- a business venture or company
- willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative
- active participation in projects
See enterprise in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĕnˈtər-prīzˌ)
noun- An undertaking, especially one of some scope, complication, and risk.
- A business organization.
- Industrious, systematic activity, especially when directed toward profit: Private enterprise is basic to capitalism.
- Willingness to undertake new ventures; initiative: “Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling, and spending their lives like serfs” (Henry David Thoreau).
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