microenterprise

noun

mi·​cro·​en·​ter·​prise ˌmī-krō-ˈen-tər-ˌprīz How to pronounce microenterprise (audio)
-ˈen-tə-ˌprīz
: a very small business

Examples of microenterprise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Notably, about 93,000 microenterprises registered on the portal have grown to become small enterprises, and about 10,000 small enterprises have become medium enterprises over the last two years. V. Anantha Nageswaran, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2023 To be eligible for the program, microenterprises must operate within Milpitas city limits, not exceed five employees (including W2 employees and sole proprietors) and operate as a for-profit enterprise. Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024 The city has allocated $50,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for MEAP in order to provide up to 25 Milpitas microenterprises each with $2,000 in grant funding. Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024 This program is designed to provide economic assistance to microenterprises within Milpitas. Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024 In explaining more than one council vote, Andrea Cardenas referenced her personal challenges before casting her vote on topics such as affordable housing, microenterprise home kitchen operations and the city’s first bridge shelter. Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2023 The microenterprise structure, and the new payment model reflecting market impact, reinforce the fostering an entrepreneurial behavior. Bill Fischer, Forbes, 29 June 2022 The first phase, called the microenterprise phase, included everything mentioned before, so the company accomplished a major cultural (including both social and technical systems) transformation in only four years. Bill Fischer, Forbes, 29 June 2022 The nonprofit serves the city’s refugee community and was awarded more than $183,000 for its microenterprise program, which provides refugees and immigrants with technical assistance to start or expand small businesses. San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of microenterprise was in 1980

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“Microenterprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microenterprise. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

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