enterprise

Meanings

Noun

• A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.
• An undertaking, venture, or project, especially a daring and courageous one.
• A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.
• Active participation in projects.

Verb

• To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
• To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
• To treat with hospitality; to entertain.

Related

Similar words

• initiative

Origin

• From Old French via Middle English and Middle French entreprise, feminine past participle of entreprendre, from entre + prendre, from Latin inter + prehendō, see prehensile.