venture
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈvɛnʧər/
:
empresa
- I'll be back to check on my new venture.
- venture capital
- a joint venture
- a venture company
I started a new business venture with my six year old son Enzo.
- I started a new business venture with my six year old son Enzo.
- And so he starts going around asking for venture funding not dissimilar to Android.
- Anyway, Catholicism is a utopian venture in a certain sense.
- That's the debate that's going on now between a bunch of venture firms and the SEC.
- And I mean, this is my first venture into this world.
- I think we evaluate ventures based on, firstly, that spreadsheet.
- We're getting venture backing from an East Coast industrialist.
- I want to support this new Lion Tree venture and what Ari is doing.
- What's the next entrepreneurial venture for Gunplay?
- Just feels like such an exciting, like new venture still.
- So right out of the gate, like your first true entrepreneurial venture is this massive win.
- Even even with a crazy venture return.
- So this is their one sort of venture into their exploration into this.
Examples
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It's a top secret joint venture with the Air Force.
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The discussion proceeded, with every aspect of the venture subjected to attack and analysis.
Fiction book (1993) -
And I mean, this is my first venture into this world.
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If enough people doubt their society, the whole venture falls apart.
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The accountant advanced funds for the venture in exchange for a share of the profits.
Fiction book (1992) -
I started a new business venture with my six year old son Enzo.
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We established Primus in 1983 as a venture capital firm with a geographic focus.
Academic text (1999) -
Many innovative ideas bubble up in laboratories and even attract early-stage venture capital funding.
Academic text (2011) -
Launching a new tech venture often requires significant investment and patience.
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His latest business venture focused on renewable energy solutions to address climate change.
Synonyms
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4.9
A project that is difficult and needs a lot of work
65
3.5
A risky action with an uncertain result that may depend on chance
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9.1
A risky situation where the result depends mostly on luck
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4.6
An activity or plan that may fail and cause a big loss
An activity that is risky and has an uncertain result
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.6
Money people invest in new companies that are risky to help them grow
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4.4
A business project by two or more companies that share resources, risks, and profits
- Specialized
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5.8
A person or company that gives money to new risky businesses to make money
How Risky
Surface Forms
Etymology
Venture comes from an old French word aventure meaning 'chance' or 'luck', the same root as adventure. So a business or project called a venture is something you start that may bring reward but also has risk.