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      enterprise
      noun
      A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.
      An undertaking, venture, or project, especially a daring and courageous one.
      (uncountable) A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.
      (uncountable) Active participation in projects.
      A number of places in the United States:
      A city, the county seat of Wallowa County, Oregon.
      A city in Coffee County, Alabama.
      A city in Washington County, Utah.
      A census-designated place in Morgan County, Utah.
      A town and unincorporated community in Oneida County, Wisconsin.
      An unincorporated community in Amador County, California.
      An unincorporated community in Lake County, California.
      An unincorporated community in Volusia County, Florida.
      An unincorporated community in Spencer County, Indiana.
      A minor city in Dickinson County, Kansas.
      A town in Clarke County, Mississippi.
      An unincorporated community in Union County, Mississippi.
      An unincorporated community in Linn County, Missouri.
      An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Missouri.
      An unincorporated town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
      An unincorporated community in Hocking County, Ohio.
      An unincorporated community in Preble County, Ohio.
      An unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia.
      A hamlet in the South Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada.
      A hamlet in Stone Mills, Ontario, Canada.
      A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.
      A village in the Demerara-Mahaica region, Guyana.
      verb
      (transitive) To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
      (intransitive) To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
      (obsolete, transitive) To put up or house; to entertain.
      Roots
      prehendopris- · Latin · grasp, seize
      Synonyms for enterprise
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