[en-ter-prahyz] 
| 1. | a project undertaken or to be undertaken, esp. one that is important or difficult or that requires boldness or energy: To keep the peace is a difficult enterprise. |
| 2. | a plan for such a project. |
| 3. | participation or engagement in such projects: Our country was formed by the enterprise of resolute men and women. |
| 4. | boldness or readiness in undertaking; adventurous spirit; ingenuity. |
| 5. | a company organized for commercial purposes; business firm. |
| 6. | (initial capital letter ) Military. the first nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1961, with a displacement of 89,000 tons (80,723 m ton) and eight reactors. |
| 7. | (initial capital letter, italics) U.S. Aerospace. the first space shuttle, used for atmospheric flight and landing tests. |
[en-ter-prahyz] | a city in S Alabama. 18,033. |
| en·ter·prise (ěn'tər-prīz') n.
[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, prēndere; see ghend- in Indo-European roots).] en'ter·pris'er n. |
enterprise body
A business, generally a large one.
(1994-11-22)
Enterprise
city, Coffee county, southeastern Alabama, U.S., about 90 miles (145 km) southeast of Montgomery. It was founded in 1881 by John Henry Carmichael near the community of Drake Eye. In 1882 the post office was moved from Drake Eye to the new community of Enterprise, named at the suggestion of a Baptist minister who considered it an enterprising undertaking. Its prosperity was based on cotton until the boll weevil ravaged the area (1915-16), creating a need for a more diversified economy. The unusual Boll Weevil Monument (1919) is the only memorial in the world glorifying a pest and symbolizes diversification from cotton to peanuts (groundnuts) and other crops
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