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enterprise

Main Entry:: en·ter·prise
Pronunciation:: \ˈen-tə(r)-ˌprīz\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from entreprendre to undertake, from entre- inter- + prendre to take — more at prize
Date:: 15th century

1: a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky2: readiness to engage in daring or difficult action : initiative <showed great enterprise in dealing with the crisis>3 a: a unit of economic organization or activity; especially : a business organization b: a systematic purposeful activity <agriculture is the main economic enterprise among these people>

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