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English

Pronunciation

(RP) IPA: /,ɒntrəprəˈnɜː/

Etymology

From entrepreneur#French|entrepreneur.

Noun

A person who organizes and operates a business venture and assumes much of the associated risk.
A person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur.

Related terms

Translations

Czech: {{t-|cs|podnikatel|m}}
Dutch:
Estonian: ettevõtja
Finnish:
German: {{t-|de|Unternehmer|m}}

Hungarian:
Polish: przedsiębiorca
Slovak: {{t-|sk|podnikateľ|m}}

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French

Etymology

entreprendre + -eur

Noun

An entrepreneur

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Entrepreneur \En`tre*pre*neur"\, n. [F. See Enterprise.]
(Polit. Econ.)
One who takes the initiative to create a product or establish
a business for profit; generally, whoever undertakes on his
own account an enterprise in which others are employed and
risks are taken. --F. A. Walker.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

WordNet entrepreneur
n : someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the
risk for it [syn: enterpriser]

Moby Dictionary
a , administrator , architect , backer , banker , baron , big boss ,
big businessman , business leader , businessman , captain of industry ,
contractor , contriver , designer , developer , deviser , director ,
enterpriser , financier , framer , impresario , industrialist ,
interagent , interceder , intercessor , intermediary , intermediate ,
intermediator , king , little businessman , magnate , man of commerce ,
manager , mediator , middleman , organizer , planner , producer ,
projector , promoter , strategian , strategist , tactician ,
top executive , tycoon , undertaker