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Definition of entrepreneur noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

entrepreneur

noun
 
 
/ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜː(r)/
 
/ˌɑːntrəprəˈnɜːr/
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  1. a person who makes money by starting or running businesses, especially when this involves taking financial risks
    • A creative entrepreneur, he was continually dreaming up new projects.
    • a recent MBA graduate and budding entrepreneur
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    Wordfinderaccountant, agent, auditor, CEO, chairman, consultant, entrepreneur, executive, manager
    Extra Examples
    • a serial entrepreneur who had founded four companies
    • The risks of starting your own business can be very great, and most budding entrepreneurs find that they have never worked so hard in their lives.
    Topics Jobsb2, Businessb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • good
    • great
    • successful
    • …
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    Word Originearly 19th cent. (denoting the director of a musical institution): from French, from entreprendre ‘undertake’, based on Latin prendere, prehendere ‘to take’.
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