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− | [ | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from entreprendre to undertake, from entre- inter- + prendre to take — more at prize |
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century] | *Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century] | ||
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== |
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Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from entreprendre to undertake, from entre- inter- + prendre to take — more at prize
- Date: 15th century
Definitions
- 1 : a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky
- 2 : readiness to engage in daring or difficult action : initiative <showed great enterprise in dealing with the crisis>
- 3 a : a unit of economic organization or activity; especially : a business organization
- b : a systematic purposeful activity <agriculture is the main economic enterprise among these people>