Definition of enterprise
1
: a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky
2a
: 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
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The first known use of enterprise was in the 15th century
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