a purposeful or industrious undertaking ( especially one that requires effort or boldness); " he had doubts about the whole enterprise"

an organization created for business ventures; " a growing enterprise must have a bold leader"

readiness to embark on bold new ventures

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.

Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.

To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.

To treat with hospitality; to entertain.

To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.

An undertaking of importance or risk; boldness; energy and invention.

A bold attempt; adventure; daring.

An undertaking; bold or difficult attempt.

Boldness, energy, and invention in practical affairs. enterprize.

Something undertaken or attempted to be performed, specially a bold, arduous, or hazardous undertaking, either physical or moral; a spirit of bold adventure.

To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform.

Anything attempted to be performed; an undertaking; any bold or hazardous undertaking.

The enterprise that had once failed could not be reundertaken at once. – The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Hugh Lundsford

It made him sick to think of it; and, when it came to the point, he would rather have given up the whole enterprise. – A Hazard of New Fortunes by William Dean Howells

" In thinking it over," Ed Caspian explained to Larry, " Mrs. Shuster and I have decided that the simplest thing would be for me to advance any capital necessary to start the hotel enterprise: advertising and a lot of things like that. – The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson and A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

The West was for the enterprise of the young. – Children of the Market Place by Edgar Lee Masters

Some who affected to regard him simply as a man of money were content to get only his name to any enterprise. – A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready by Bret Harte

Our neighbour's enterprise usually appears to be a waste of time, does it not? – Dross by Henry Seton Merriman

To know that he has a share in this enterprise is to make me fear to pursue it! – Calvert of Strathore by Carter Goodloe

In their minds it was a daring enterprise. – The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island by Roger Thompson Finlay

If he does not join in my enterprise, I have wasted all my pains." – Four Arthurian Romances "Erec et Enide", "Cliges", "Yvain", and "Lancelot" by Chretien DeTroyes

The sense of security from foreign attack was a great encouragement to private industry and commercial enterprise. – Ancient Egypt by George Rawlinson Other: Arthur Gilman

Twenty times he has asked me whether the great enterprise will succeed; as if I knew any more than he! – The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers

Dreadful was the enterprise proposed. – The-Bravo-of-Venice-a-romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)

Stole the Enterprise and took her off- planet." – Space Viking by Henry Beam Piper

He would not admit that he was too young for the enterprise. – The Roll-Call by Arnold Bennett

I do not know how Bolo's enterprise came to the knowledge of the French Government. – My Three Years in America by Johann Heinrich Andreas Hermann Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff

The enterprise was one of great difficulty, considering the small stock of provisions they had left. – Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific by Gabriel Franchere

He had a brother associated with him in business, who had no sympathy with the Community enterprise. – History of American Socialisms by John Humphrey Noyes