entrepreneur

B2 Topic:Business & Commerce
US /ˌɑ̃.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/ UK /ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/
noun Freq #14535

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person who starts and runs a business, taking on its financial risks.

    The young entrepreneur opened three cafés in just two years.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who starts and... enterpriser
Word family
Forms entrepreneurs
Derived forms agripreneurartpreneurbioentrepreneurecopreneurenterpriseentreporneurentreprenerdentreprenertiaentrepreneurialentrepreneurialismentrepreneuriallyentrepreneuring
Related forms entrepreneuse

Etymology

Borrowed from French entrepreneur (“one who undertakes or manages”), from Middle French entrepreneur, from entreprendre (“to undertake”) + -eur.

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