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en·tre·pre·neur 
Audio Help [ahn-truh-pruh-nur, -noor; Fr. ahn-truh-pruh-nɶr] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -neurs
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Audio Help [ahn-truh-pruh-nur, -noor; Fr. ahn-truh-pruh-nɶr] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -neurs
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| 1. | a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, esp. a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk. |
| 2. | an employer of productive labor; contractor. |
| 3. | to deal with or initiate as an entrepreneur. |
| 4. | to act as an entrepreneur. |
[Origin: 1875–80; < F: lit., one who undertakes (some task), equiv. to entrepren(dre) to undertake (< L inter- inter- + prendere to take, var. of prehendere) + -eur -eur. See enterprise]
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en·tre·pre·neur·i·al, adjective
en·tre·pre·neur·i·al·ly, adverb
en·tre·pre·neur·i·al·ism, en·tre·pre·neur·ism, noun
en·tre·pre·neur·ship, noun
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entrepreneur
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| en·tre·pre·neur
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n. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. [French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise.] en'tre·pre·neur'i·al adj., en'tre·pre·neur'i·al·ism, en'tre·pre·neur'ism n., en'tre·pre·neur'ship' n. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
entrepreneur
1828, reborrowing of Fr. entrepreneur "one who undertakes or manages," from O.Fr. entreprendre "undertake." The word first crossed the Channel c.1475, but did not stay.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| entrepreneur | |
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| someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
entrepreneur [ontrəprəˈnəː] noun
a person who starts or organizes a business company, especially one involving risk
Example: What this company needs is a real entrepreneur.
Example: What this company needs is a real entrepreneur.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
entrepreneur [(ahn-truh-pruh-nur, ahn-truh-pruh-noor)]
One who starts a business or other venture that promises economic gain but that also entails risks.
[Chapter:] Business and Economics
| The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
Entrepreneur
En`tre*pre*neur"\, n. [F. See Enterprise.] (Polit. Econ.) One who creates a product on his own account; whoever undertakes on his own account an industrial enterprise in which workmen are employed. --F. A. Walker.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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