enterprise
♦ en|ter|prise /'entərpraɪz/ (enterprises)
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, oft adj N
An enterprise is a company or business, often a small one. (BUSINESS)
There are plenty of small industrial enterprises.
2 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
An enterprise is something new, difficult, or important that you do or try to do.
Horse breeding is indeed a risky enterprise.
= venture
3 [N-UNCOUNT] usu supp N
Enterprise is the activity of managing companies and businesses and starting new ones. (BUSINESS)
He is still involved in voluntary work promoting local enterprise.
...a national program of subsidies to private enterprise.
4 [N-UNCOUNT]
Enterprise is the ability to think of new and effective things to do, together with an eagerness to do them.
...the spirit of enterprise worthy of a free and industrious people.en|ter|prise zone (enterprise zones)
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An enterprise zone is an area, usually a depressed or inner-city area, where the government offers incentives in order to attract new businesses. (BUSINESS)
Because it is in an enterprise zone, taxes on non-food items are 3.5% instead of the usual 7%.free en|ter|prise
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Free enterprise is an economic system in which businesses compete for profit without much government control. (BUSINESS)pri|vate en|ter|prise
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Private enterprise is industry and business which is owned by individual people or commercial companies, and not by the government or an official organization. (BUSINESS)
...the government's plans to sell state companies to private enterprise.
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, oft adj N
An enterprise is a company or business, often a small one. (BUSINESS)
There are plenty of small industrial enterprises.
2 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
An enterprise is something new, difficult, or important that you do or try to do.
Horse breeding is indeed a risky enterprise.
= venture
3 [N-UNCOUNT] usu supp N
Enterprise is the activity of managing companies and businesses and starting new ones. (BUSINESS)
He is still involved in voluntary work promoting local enterprise.
...a national program of subsidies to private enterprise.
4 [N-UNCOUNT]
Enterprise is the ability to think of new and effective things to do, together with an eagerness to do them.
...the spirit of enterprise worthy of a free and industrious people.en|ter|prise zone (enterprise zones)
[N-COUNT]
An enterprise zone is an area, usually a depressed or inner-city area, where the government offers incentives in order to attract new businesses. (BUSINESS)
Because it is in an enterprise zone, taxes on non-food items are 3.5% instead of the usual 7%.free en|ter|prise
[N-UNCOUNT]
Free enterprise is an economic system in which businesses compete for profit without much government control. (BUSINESS)pri|vate en|ter|prise
[N-UNCOUNT]
Private enterprise is industry and business which is owned by individual people or commercial companies, and not by the government or an official organization. (BUSINESS)
...the government's plans to sell state companies to private enterprise.