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en⋅tre⋅pre⋅neur

  [ahn-truh-pruh-nur, -noor; Fr. ahn-truh-pruh-nœr] noun, plural -neurs  [-nurz, -noorz; Fr. -nœr] , verb
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–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

Related forms:
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   (ŏn'trə-prə-nûr', -nŏŏr')   
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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