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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.
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Venture

Ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [Aphetic form of OE. aventure. See Adventure.]

1. An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

I, in this venture, double gains pursue. --Dryden.

2. An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck. --Bacon.

3. The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.

My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. --Shak.

At a venture, at hazard; without seeing the end or mark; without foreseeing the issue; at random.

A certain man drew a bow at a venture. --1 Kings xxii. 34.

A bargain at a venture made. --Hudibras.

Note: The phrase at a venture was originally at aventure, that is, at adventure.

Venture

Ven"ture\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ventured; p. pr. & vb. n. Venturing.]

1. To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. --Bunyan.

2. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.

Who freights a ship to venture on the seas. --J. Dryden, Jr.

To venture at, or To venture on or upon, to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success; as, it is rash to venture upon such a project. "When I venture at the comic style." --Waller.

Venture

Ven"ture\, v. t. 1. To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.

I am afraid; and yet I'll venture it. --Shak.

2. To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.

3. To confide in; to rely on; to trust. [R.]

A man would be well enough pleased to buy silks of one whom he would not venture to feel his pulse. --Addison.
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Language Translation for : venture
Spanish: empresa arriesgada, aventura,
German: das Wagnis,
Japanese: 冒険的
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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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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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venture

see nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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