enterprise

en·ter·prise  (ntr-prz)

n.

1. An undertaking, especially one of some scope, complication, and risk.

2. A business organization.

3. Industrious, systematic activity, especially when directed toward profit: Private enterprise is basic to capitalism.

4. 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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[Middle English, from Old French entreprise, from past participle of entreprendre, to undertake : entre-, between (from Latin inter-; see inter-) + prendre, to take (from Latin prehendere, prndere; see ghend- in Indo-European roots).]

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enter·priser n.

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enterprise

Noun

1. a business firm

2. a project or undertaking, esp. one that requires boldness or effort

3. boldness and energy [Old French entreprendre to undertake]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	enterprise - a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the whole enterprise" endeavor, endeavour fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise, racket - an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit forlorn hope - a hopeless or desperate enterprise project, task, undertaking, labor - any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings" business activity, commercial activity - activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise
	2.	enterprise - an organization created for business ventures; "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader" organization, organisation - a group of people who work together giant - an unusually large enterprise; "Walton built a retail giant" collective - members of a cooperative enterprise business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern - a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" commercial enterprise - an enterprise connected with commerce
	3.	enterprise - readiness to embark on bold new ventures enterprisingness, initiative, go-ahead drive - the trait of being highly motivated; "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers"

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enterprise

noun 1. firm, company, business, concern, operation, organization, establishment, commercial undertaking

noun 2. venture, operation, project, adventure, undertaking, programme, pursuit, endeavour

noun 3. initiative, energy, spirit, resource, daring, enthusiasm, push (informal) imagination, drive, pep, readiness, vigour, zeal, ingenuity, originality, eagerness, audacity, boldness, get-up-and-go (informal) alertness, resourcefulness, gumption (informal) adventurousness, imaginativeness

Translations

enterprise [ˈɛntəpraɪz] n → empresa (= spirit); iniciativa;

free enterprise → la libre empresa;

private enterprise → la iniciativa privada

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enterprise [ˈɛntəpraɪz] n (= company, undertaking) → entreprise f (= initiative); (esprit m d')initiative f;

free enterprise → libre entreprise;

private enterprise → entreprise privée

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enterprise [ˈɛntəpraɪz] n → Unternehmen nt;

(initiative) → Initiative f;

free enterprise → freies Unternehmertum nt;

private enterprise → Privatunternehmertum nt

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enterprise [ˈɛntəpraɪz] n (= undertaking, company) → impresa (= spirit); iniziativa