Complete Definition of "entrepreneur"

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English

Etymology
From F. entrepreneur#French|entrepreneur.

Noun
en-noun

  1. A person who takes the risk of turning an opportunity into profit.
  2. A person who takes the risk of managing and operating a business or businesses; term often used: a. for one who does this for one or more businesses that he or she entirely or largely helps to create; b. for one who takes on ownership, or significant ownership, of one or more business franchises.
  3. A person who creates one or more new nonprofit organizations, or one or more units of such organizations, and often has a key part in managing and operating the new entity or entities. Such a person is sometimes referred to as a nonprofit entrepreneur or not-for-profit entrepreneur, and occasionally as a public entrepreneur.
  4. A person who is talented or prolific at developing new programs inside existing organizations.

Related terms
entrepreneurship (noun)
entrepreneurialism (noun)
entrepreneurial (adjective)
entrepreneurially (adverb)

Translations
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Croatian: poduzetnik
Finnish: yrittäjä
French: entrepreneur#French|entrepreneur m
German: Unternehmer m
Italian: imprenditore m
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Japanese: �業家 kigy�ka
Polish: Przedsi�biorca
Portuguese: empreendedor c
Spanish: emprendedor m
Swedish: företagare c


French

Etymology
entreprendre + -eur

Noun
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  1. An entrepreneur

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