enterprise
noun
en·ter·prise
ˈen-tər-ˌprīz 
ˈen-tə-ˌprīz
1
: a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky
2
a
: a unit of economic organization or activity
especially
: a business organization
b
: a systematic purposeful activity
agriculture is the main economic enterprise among these people
3
: readiness to engage in daring or difficult action : initiative
showed great enterprise in dealing with the crisis
Examples of enterprise in a Sentence
Moving the drilling rig offshore was a costly enterprise.
Agriculture is the main economic enterprise among these people.
When he purchased the company it was a thriving commercial enterprise.
He was criticized for his lack of enterprise in dealing with the crisis.
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These moves are prompting enterprise leaders across all sectors to consider—and prepare for—a future with agentic AI.
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Tobias Dengel, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
The vulnerability affects government agencies, schools, healthcare systems including hospitals, and large enterprise companies, with attackers bypassing multi-factor authentication and single sign-on protections to gain privileged access.
—Adeola Adeosun
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Through its Issuer Solutions segment, Global Payments provides comprehensive commerce solutions supporting the payment ecosystem for issuers through offerings like core processing, enterprise tokenization and more.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 19 July 2025
Instead of nurturing and caring for her relatives, Deborah Mason recruited them to establish an extraordinarily profitable criminal enterprise that would ultimately put them all behind bars.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 19 July 2025
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Tobias Dengel, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
The vulnerability affects government agencies, schools, healthcare systems including hospitals, and large enterprise companies, with attackers bypassing multi-factor authentication and single sign-on protections to gain privileged access.
—Adeola Adeosun
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Through its Issuer Solutions segment, Global Payments provides comprehensive commerce solutions supporting the payment ecosystem for issuers through offerings like core processing, enterprise tokenization and more.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 19 July 2025
Instead of nurturing and caring for her relatives, Deborah Mason recruited them to establish an extraordinarily profitable criminal enterprise that would ultimately put them all behind bars.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 19 July 2025
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“Enterprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enterprise. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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enterprise
noun
en·ter·prise
ˈent-ə(r)-ˌprīz
1
: a difficult, complicated, or risky project or undertaking
2
: readiness to engage in daring or difficult action
showed great enterprise in the face of danger
3
: a business organization
enterpriser
noun
-ˌprī-zər
Legal Definition
enterprise
noun
en·ter·prise
ˈen-tər-ˌprīz
: an economic organization or activity
especially
: a business organization
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