1 [C] a company or business:
an enterprise with a turnover of $26 billion * state-owned / public enterprises * small and medium-sized enterprises
2 [C] a large project, especially one that is difficult
SYNVENTURE:
his latest business / commercial enterprise * a joint enterprise * The music festival is a new enterprise which we hope will become an annual event.
3 [U] the development of businesses by the people of a country rather than by the government:
grants to encourage enterprise in the region * an enterprise culture (= in which people are encouraged to develop small businesses)
seealsoFREEENTERPRISE, PRIVATEENTERPRISE
4 [U] (approving) the ability to think of new projects and make them successful:
a job in which enterprise is rewarded * a man of enterprise * Many hotels are showing enterprise and imagination by staging special events.
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