enterprise


Definition: Meaning of, enterprise in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈɛntəprʌɪz /

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enterprise enterprises
  1. [countable] a company, organization, or business
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  2. [uncountable] the activity of starting and running businesses
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  3. [countable] a large and complicated project, especially one that is done with a group of other people [=  initiative]
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  4. [uncountable] the ability to think of new activities or ideas and make them work
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enterprise used in phrases

  • Starship Enterprise
    1. the name of the SPACESHIP in the television show STAR TREK
  • Training and Enterprise Council, the
  • business enterprise (noun)
    1. the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
  • commercial enterprise (noun)
    1. an enterprise connected with commerce
    2. the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
  • employee-owned enterprise (noun)
    1. a commercial enterprise owned by the people who work for it
  • enterprise culture (noun)
    1. a society or attitude which encourages people to start new businesses and be successful
  • enterprise zone (noun)
    1. a city district where development receives special tax advantages
  • free enterprise (noun)
    1. the principle and practice of allowing private business to operate without much government control [↪  private enterprise]
  • free-enterprise (adjective)
    1. subscribing to capitalistic competition
  • illegitimate enterprise (noun)
    1. such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution an illegal enterprise carried on for profit
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