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Ventured

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ven⋅ture

  [ven-cher] noun, verb, -tured, -tur⋅ing, adjective
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–noun
1. an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, esp. a risky or dangerous one: a mountain-climbing venture.
2. a business enterprise or speculation in which something is risked in the hope of profit; a commercial or other speculation.
3. the money, ship, cargo, merchandise, or the like, on which risk is taken in a business enterprise or speculation.
4. Obsolete. hazard or risk.
–verb (used with object)
5. to expose to hazard; risk: to venture one's fortune; to venture one's life.
6. to take the risk of; brave the dangers of: to venture a voyage into space.
7. to undertake to express, as when opposition or resistance appears likely to follow; be bold enough; dare: I venture to say that you are behaving foolishly.
8. to take the risk of sending.
–verb (used without object)
9. to make or embark upon a venture; dare to go: He ventured deep into the jungle.
10. to take a risk; dare; presume: to venture on an ambitious program of reform.
11. to invest venture capital.
–adjective
12. of or pertaining to an investment or investments in new businesses: a venture fund.
—Idiom
13. at a venture, according to chance; at random: A successor was chosen at a venture.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME, aph. var. of aventure adventure

Related forms:
ven⋅tur⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
5. endanger, imperil, jeopardize. 10. See dare.
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ven·ture   (věn'chər)   
n.  

  1. An undertaking that is dangerous, daring, or of uncertain outcome.

  2. A business enterprise involving some risk in expectation of gain.

  3. Something, such as money or cargo, at hazard in a risky enterprise.

v.   ven·tured, ven·tur·ing, ven·tures

v.   tr.

  1. To expose to danger or risk: ventured her entire fortune.

  2. To brave the dangers of: ventured the high seas in a small boat.

  3. To express at the risk of denial, criticism, or censure: "I would venture to guess that Anon., who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman" (Virginia Woolf).

v.   intr.

  1. To take a risk; dare.

  2. To proceed despite possible danger or risk: ventured into the wilderness.


[Middle English, chance, short for aventure, adventure; see adventure.]
ven'tur·er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

venture  (v.)
c.1436, "to risk the loss" (of something), shortened form of aventure, itself a form of adventure. General sense of "to dare, to presume" is recorded from 1559. Noun sense of "risky undertaking" first recorded 1566; meaning "enterprise of a business nature" is recorded from 1584. Venture capital is attested from 1943.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ven·ture
Pronunciation: 'ven-ch&r
Function: noun
: an undertaking involving chance, risk, or danger; especially : a speculative business enterprise —see also JOINT VENTURE
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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