n. A person who organizes and operates a business venture and assumes much of the associated risk.
n. A person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who takes the initiative to create a product or establish a business for profit; generally, whoever undertakes on his own account an enterprise in which others are employed and risks are taken.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who undertakes a large industrial enterprise; a contractor.
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n. someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
Word Usage
"From an etymological point-of-view, the word entrepreneur is based on the Sanskrit word "Antha Prerna," which in translation means "self-motivated.""