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entrepreneur

ent·rep·re·neur

UK/ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/ US/ˌɑ̃.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/ fairly common

noun

1.

someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it

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Origin

Borrowed from French entrepreneur (“one who undertakes or manages”), from Middle French entrepreneur, from entreprendre (“to undertake”) + -eur.

Phrases

  • entrepreneurial customer
  • regulatory entrepreneur
  • social entrepreneur
  • unorthodox entrepreneur

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