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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    Audio Help   [-nurz, -noorz; Fr. -nɶr] Pronunciation Key, verb
–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
3.to deal with or initiate as an entrepreneur.
–verb (used without object)
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]

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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en·tre·pre·neur    Audio Help   (ŏn'trə-prə-nûr', -nŏŏr')  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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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.

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entrepreneur

noun
someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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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.
Arabic: مُقاوِل، مُبادِر تِجاري
Chinese (Simplified): 企业家
Chinese (Traditional): 企業家
Czech: podnikatel, -ka
Danish: entreprenør; iværksætter
Dutch: ondernemer
Estonian: ettevõtja
Finnish: yrittäjä
French: entrepreneur, *-eure
German: der Unternehmer
Greek: επιχειρηματίας
Hungarian: vállalkozó
Icelandic: athafnamaður; verktaki; atvinnurekandi
Indonesian: wiraswastawan
Italian: imprenditore, imprenditrice; impresario
Japanese: 企業家
Korean: 기업가, 흥행주
Latvian: uzņēmējdarbības organizators
Lithuanian: iniciatyvus verslininkas
Norwegian: entreprenør
Polish: przedsiębiorca
Portuguese (Brazil): empreendedor
Portuguese (Portugal): empresário
Romanian: an­tre­pre­nor
Russian: предприниматель
Slovak: podnikateľ, -ka
Slovenian: podjetnik
Spanish: empresario
Swedish: företagare, entreprenör
Turkish: girişimci, müteşebbis
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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


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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.
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