entrepreneur
A person who sets up a businessA person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks.
» Tom is a very successful entrepreneur.
Meaning
4 sensesA person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks.
Unternehmer, Unternehmerin, Entrepreneur
предпринима́тельpredprinimátelʹ, предпринима́тельницаpredprinimátelʹnica
підприє́мецьpidpryjémecʹ, підприє́мницяpidpryjémnycja
someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
(figuratively, rare, sometimes)A person who serves as an intermediary; a middleman; a go-between.
(archaic)A person who organizes concerts, plays, or other entertainments; the manager of a theatre or similar venue; an impresario.
(obsolete)A person who manages an artist or performer; an agent.
Examples
49 sentencesTom is a very successful entrepreneur.
Are you an entrepreneur?
The company is owned by a group of entrepreneurs who started it right after the war.
I'm an entrepreneur.
ruЯ предприниматель.
deIch bin Unternehmer.
I am an entrepreneur.
Я підприємець.
ruЯ предприниматель.
deIch bin Unternehmer.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French entrepreneur (“one who undertakes or manages”), from Middle French enBorrowed from French entrepreneur (“one who undertakes or manages”), from Middle French entrepreneur, from entreprendre (“to undertake”) + -eur.
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Forms
plural: entrepreneurs| Singular | entrepreneur |
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| Plural | entrepreneurs |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it:enterpriser