enterprise

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A company or business.

   She runs a small enterprise selling handmade jewellery.

2. 2
   noun

   A project or undertaking, especially a bold or difficult one.

   They had doubts about the whole enterprise from the start.

3. 3
   noun

   The willingness to start new or risky projects; energy and initiative.

   He has shown great enterprise throughout his early career.

From Old French via Middle English and Middle French entreprise, feminine past participle of entreprendre (“to undertake”), from entre (“in between”) + prendre (“to take”), from Latin inter + prehendō, see prehensile.

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