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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜː^r/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌɑntrəprəˈnɝ, -ˈnʊr/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(än′trə prə nûr′, -nŏŏr′; Fr. ä tə pə n′)

Inflections of 'entrepreneur' (n): npl: entrepreneurs

en•tre•pre•neur /ˌɑntrəprəˈnɜr, -ˈnʊr/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Businessa person who organizes and manages an enterprise, esp. a business, usually with considerable daring, skill, and financial risk.

en•tre•pre•neur•i•al, adj.

en•tre•pre•neur (än′trə prə nûr′, -nŏŏr′; Fr. än trə prə nœr′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -neurs (-nûrz′, -nŏŏrz′; Fr. -nœr′),USA pronunciation v.
n.

Businessa person who organizes and manages any enterprise, esp. a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.
Businessan employer of productive labor;
contractor.

v.t.

Businessto deal with or initiate as an entrepreneur.

v.i.

Businessto act as an entrepreneur.

Latin inter- inter- + prendere to take, variant of prehendere) + -eur -eur. See enterprise
French: literally, one who undertakes (some task), equivalent. to entrepren(dre) to undertake (
1875–80

en′tre•pre•neur′i•al, adj.
en′tre•pre•neur′i•al•ly, adv.
en′tre•pre•neur′i•al•ism, en′tre•pre•neur′ism, n.
en′tre•pre•neur′ship, n.

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entrepreneur /ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜː; French: ɑ̃trəprənœr/ n

the owner or manager of a business enterprise who, by risk and initiative, attempts to make profits
a middleman or commercial intermediary

Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from entreprendre to undertake; see enterpriseˌentrepreˈneurial adj ˌentrepreˈneurship n

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Synonyms: businessperson, businesswoman, businessman, business leader, tycoon, more...

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