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entrepreneurship

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜːrʃɪp/


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
en•tre•pre•neur /ˌɑntrəprəˈnɜr, -ˈnʊr/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. 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. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
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. 
  1. Businessa person who organizes and manages any enterprise, esp. a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.
  2. Businessan employer of productive labor;
    contractor.

v.t. 
  1. Businessto deal with or initiate as an entrepreneur.

v.i. 
  1. 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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