venture

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  1. noun An undertaking that is dangerous, daring, or of uncertain outcome.
  2. noun A business enterprise involving some risk in expectation of gain.
  3. noun Something, such as money or cargo, at hazard in a risky enterprise.
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  • On reaching New York, however, and talking over the scheme with friends, the venture was abandoned and the two men took, instead, a pleasure trip to Philadelphia. —  Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum
  • If Langley Halstead really had gone to the theatre, Lady Sara's random shot at a venture was a complete miss The following day the police were no closer to the identification of the murdered man than they had been in the beginning. —  AHMM, September 2006
  • From a technical point of view the venture was a success, but Tesla himself suffered another painful financial experience in connection with it. —  Prodigal genius - Tesla Biography
  • The success of this venture was all but assured when a great typhoon off the Japanese coast destroyed or dispersed the Mongol ships. —  The Divine Wind
  • Sue Bidinger, whose 6-year-old son Nathan has asthma, said that for her the venture is a welcome change. —  ABC News: ABCNews
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  1. Middle English, chance, short for aventure, adventure; see adventure.

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  1. from Middle English venture, ventur; by apheresis from aventure, adventure: see adventure.
  2. By apheresis from aventure, adventure, v.
 

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/ˈvɛntʃər/
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