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entrepreneur
[ ahn-truh-pruh-nur, -noor; French ahn-truh-pruh-Բհ ]
noun
- a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.
- an employer of productive labor; contractor.
verb (used with object)
- to deal with or initiate as an entrepreneur.
verb (used without object)
- to act as an entrepreneur.
entrepreneur
/ ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜː; ɑ̃trəprəԲհ /
noun
- the owner or manager of a business enterprise who, by risk and initiative, attempts to make profits
- a middleman or commercial intermediary
entrepreneur
- One who starts a business or other venture that promises economic gain but that also entails risks.
Derived Forms
- ˌԳٰˈԱܰ, noun
- ˌԳٰˈԱܰ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·ٰ··Աܰ·· adjective
- ·ٰ··Աܰ· noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of entrepreneur1
Word History and Origins
Origin of entrepreneur1
Example Sentences
Former clients of a Canadian tech entrepreneur say they were let down after they paid his company tens of thousands of dollars to help launch their start-ups.
“Everybody just wanted to argue what to call these things,” Ben Lamm, an entrepreneur in software engineering who is one of Colossal’s two co-founders, told me.
Meghan has said on her podcast that she's learning from other female entrepreneurs about "the sleepless nights, the lessons learned and the laser focus that got them to where they are today."
That has opened up opportunities for video creators like Dhar Mann, a former weed entrepreneur who started posting videos on YouTube in 2018 with no film background.
When US President Donald Trump hit China with tariffs in his first term, Vietnamese entrepreneur Hao Le saw an opportunity.
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