English-Thai Dictionary
enterprise
N ความ กล้าได้กล้าเสีย ความ กล้าเสี่ยง kwam-kla-dai-kla-sia
enterprise
N บริษัท business company firm bo-ri-sad
enterprise
N โครงการ ที่ เสี่ยง affair venture kong-kan-ti-sang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ENTERPRISE
n.s as z. That which is undertaken, or attempted to be performed; an attempt; a project attempted; particularly, a bold, arduous or hazardous undertaking, either physical or moral. The attack on Stoney-Point was a bold, but successful enterprise. The attempts to evangelize the heathen are noble enterprises. Their hands cannot perform their enterprise. Job 5:12.
ENTERPRISE
v.t.To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform. The business must be enterprised this night.
ENTERPRISED
pp. Undertaken; attempted; essayed.
ENTERPRISER
n.An adventurer; one who undertakes any projected scheme, especially a bold or hazardous one; a person who engages in important or dangerous designs.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ENTERPRISE
En "ter *prise, n. Etym: [F. enterprise, fr. entreprendre to undertake; entre between (L. inter ) + prendre to take. See Inter, and Emprise. ]
1. That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise. Shak. Their hands can not perform their enterprise. Job v. 12.
2. Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.
ENTERPRISE
ENTERPRISE En "ter *prise, v. t.
1. To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon. [R.] The business must be enterprised this night. Dryden. What would I not renounce or enterprise for you! T. Otway.
2. To treat with hospitality; to entertain. [Obs. ] Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprise. Spenser.
ENTERPRISE
ENTERPRISE En "ter *prise, v. i.
Defn: To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult. [R.] Pope.
ENTERPRISER
ENTERPRISER En "ter *pri `ser, n.
Defn: One who undertakes enterprises. Sir J. Hayward.
New American Oxford Dictionary
enterprise
en ter prise |ˈentərˌprīz ˈɛn (t )ərˌpraɪz | ▶noun 1 a project or undertaking, typically one that is difficult or requires effort: a joint enterprise between French and Japanese companies. • initiative and resourcefulness: success came quickly, thanks to a mixture of talent, enterprise, and luck. 2 a business or company: a state-owned enterprise. • entrepreneurial economic activity. DERIVATIVES en ter pris er noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, ‘something undertaken, ’ feminine past participle (used as a noun ) of entreprendre, based on Latin prendere, prehendere ‘to take. ’
enterprise culture
en ter prise cul ture ▶noun a capitalist society in which taking on financial risks in the hope of profit is encouraged.
enterprise zone
en ter prise zone |ˈɛn (t )ərˌpraɪz ˌzoʊn | ▶noun an impoverished area in which incentives such as tax concessions are offered to encourage business investment and provide jobs for the residents.
Oxford Dictionary
enterprise
en ¦ter |prise |ˈɛntəprʌɪz | ▶noun 1 a project or undertaking, especially a bold or complex one: a joint enterprise between French and Japanese companies. • [ mass noun ] initiative and resourcefulness: success came quickly, thanks to a mixture of talent, enterprise, and luck. 2 a business or company: a state-owned enterprise. • [ mass noun ] entrepreneurial economic activity. DERIVATIVES enterpriser noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, ‘something undertaken ’, feminine past participle (used as a noun ) of entreprendre, based on Latin prendere, prehendere ‘to take ’.
enterprise culture
en ¦ter |prise cul |ture ▶noun a capitalist society in which taking on financial risks in the hope of profit is encouraged.
enterprise zone
en ¦ter |prise zone ▶noun an area in which state incentives such as tax concessions are offered to encourage business investment.
American Oxford Thesaurus
enterprise
enterprise noun 1 a joint enterprise: undertaking, endeavor, venture, exercise, activity, operation, task, business, proceeding; project, scheme, plan, program, campaign. 2 we want candidates with enterprise: initiative, resourcefulness, imagination, entrepreneurialism, ingenuity, inventiveness, originality, creativity; quick-wittedness, cleverness; enthusiasm, dynamism, drive, ambition, energy; boldness, daring, courage, leadership; informal gumption, get-up-and-go, oomph. 3 a profit-making enterprise: business, company, firm, venture, organization, operation, concern, corporation, establishment, partnership; informal outfit, setup.
Oxford Thesaurus
enterprise
enterprise noun 1 approaching such an aggressive and powerful creature is a dangerous enterprise: undertaking, endeavour, venture, pursuit, exercise, activity, operation, exploit, mission, deed, act, action, move, measure, task, business, affair, proceeding; scheme, plan, plan of action, programme, campaign; project, proposal, proposition, suggestion, idea, conception; informal caper; Brit. informal wheeze. 2 the school showed enterprise in its attempt to attract pupils: initiative, resourcefulness, resource, imagination, imaginativeness, ingenuity, inventiveness, originality, creativity; quick-wittedness, cleverness, native wit, talent, ability, capability; spirit, spiritedness, enthusiasm, dynamism, leadership, drive, zest, dash, ambition, ambitiousness, energy, verve, vigour, vitality; boldness, daring, spirit of adventure, audacity, courage, intrepidity; informal gumption, get-up-and-go, go, push, oomph, pizzazz, pep, zip, vim. ANTONYMS unimaginativeness; fecklessness. 3 a fan club should be a service rather than a profit-making enterprise: business, company, firm, (commercial ) undertaking, venture, organization, operation, concern, industry, corporation, establishment, house, shop, office, bureau, agency, franchise, practice, partnership, consortium, cooperative, conglomerate, group, combine, syndicate; informal outfit, set-up.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
enterprise
en ter prise /éntə r pràɪz / (! 強勢は第1音節 ) 〖enter (手の間に )prise (取る )〗名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /1 C 企業 , 会社 ▸ a multinational enterprise 多国籍企業 2 U 起業 , 会社を興すこと ; 事業形態 ▸ state [private ] enterprise 国 [民 ]営 3 C (困難な )大事業 , 大仕事 ; 企画 , 企て (venture )▸ a joint enterprise 共同事業 4 U ｟肯定的に ｠進取の気性 , 冒険心 ▸ Nancy had [lacked ] the spirit of enterprise .ナンシーは進取の精神を持って [欠いて ]いた ～́ c ù lture 起業文化 [社会, 精神 ].～́ z ò ne 産業振興地域 .é n ter pr ì s er 名詞 C 企業家 .
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