enterprisenoun
uk/ˈen.tə.praɪz/us/ˈen.t̬ɚ.praɪz/enterprise noun (BUSINESS)
C1 [ C or U ] an organization, especially a business, or a difficult and important plan, especially one that will earn money:
Don't forget this is a commercial enterprise - we're here to make money.
Those were the years of private enterprise (= businesses being run privately, rather than by the government), when lots of small businesses were started.
Her latest enterprise (= plan) is to climb Mount Everest.
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- a state-owned enterprise
- This is an unusual act of collaboration between a museum and a commercial enterprise.
- The spirit of competition and free enterprise is alive and well here in Dixie.
- It is a government-sponsored enterprise.
- Because the organization is a charitable enterprise it is free from tax worldwide.
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Enterprises
- acquirer
- acquiror
- agency
- airline
- answering service
- auction house
- carrier
- collective
- est
- establishment
- firm
- fragmented
- franchise
- franchisee
- outfit
- private company
- private practice
- Pty
- public company
- public limited company
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enterprise noun (PERSONAL QUALITY)
C1 [ U ] eagerness to do something new and clever, despite any risks:
They've shown a lot of enterprise in setting up this project.
We need someone with enterprise and imagination to design a marketing strategy.
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Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm
- a new lease of life idiom
- alacrity
- animation
- ardour
- avid
- flap
- frisson
- get-up-and-go
- glamour
- gusto
- hoo-ha
- sparkle
- spice
- spirit
- sprightly
- stimulation
- stir
- suspense
- zap
- zest
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