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entrepreneur

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en·tre·pre·neur  (ntr-pr-nûr, -nr)
n.
A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.

[French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise.]

entre·pre·neuri·al adj.
entre·pre·neuri·al·ism, entre·pre·neurism n.
entre·pre·neurship n.

entrepreneur
Noun
the owner of a business who attempts to make money by risk and initiative [French]
entrepreneurial adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.entrepreneurentrepreneur - someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
bourgeois, businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise

entrepreneur
noun businessman or businesswoman, tycoon, director, executive, contractor, industrialist, financier, speculator, magnate, impresario, business executive
Translations
Spanish entrepreneur [ɔntrəprəˈnəːʳ] nempresario/a, capitalista m/f
French entrepreneur [ˈɔntrəprəˈnəːʳ] nentrepreneur m
German entrepreneur [ˈɔntrəprəˈnəːʳ] nUnternehmer(in) m(f)
Italian entrepreneur [ˈɔntrəprəˈnəːʳ] nimprenditore m

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