enterprise (noun)
1enterprise — noun 1 plan/project ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ exciting ▪ ambitious, difficult, hazardous ▪ successful ▪ …
2enterprise — ► NOUN 1) a project or undertaking, especially a bold one. 2) bold resourcefulness. 3) a business or company. ORIGIN Old French, something undertaken , from Latin prehendere to take …
3enterprise — en·ter·prise / en tər ˌprīz/ n: an economic organization or activity; esp: a business organization Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. enterprise …
4enterprise application integration — ˌenterprise appliˈcation inteˌgration abbreviation EAI noun [uncountable] COMPUTING software or methods for organizing all the programs operating on a server (= the main computer on a network, which controls all the the others ) so that they work …
5enterprise zone — noun a city district where development receives special tax advantages • Hypernyms: ↑city district * * * ˈenterprise zone 7 [enterprise zone] noun an area where the government encourages people to invest in new businesses, for example by offering …
6enterprise culture — noun A culture based on an economic policy that encourages commercial initiative and audacious, imaginative planning • • • Main Entry: ↑enterprise * * * enterprise culture UK US noun [singular/uncountable] business the belief that it is good for… …
7enterprise centre — ➔ centre * * * enterprise centre UK US (US enterprise center) noun [C] ► a place where people can get advice and information about starting and running small businesses: »If you have an exciting idea for an innovative new company, the Enterprise… …
8enterprise — noun 1 (C) a large and complicated piece of work, especially one that is done with a group of other people: a joint scientific enterprise 2 (U) the ability to think of new activities or ideas and make them work: a woman with enterprise and… …
9enterprise zone — ➔ zone1 * * * Sites in depressed, mostly inner urban areas, where companies are given favourable taxation treatment and are freed of various planning regulations. * * * enterprise zone UK US noun [C] GOVERNMENT ► an area of a country where the …
10enterprise — noun 1) a joint enterprise Syn: undertaking, endeavor, venture, exercise, activity, operation, task, business, proceeding; project, scheme, plan, program, campaign 2) we want candidates with enterprise …
