Betekenis van enterprise In het Nederlands

• 0 an organization, especially a business, or a difficult and important plan, especially one that will earn money:

  • Don't forget this is a commercial enterprise - we're here to make money.

  • Those were the years of private enterprise (= businesses being run privately, rather than by the government), when lots of small businesses were started.

  • Her latest enterprise (= plan) is to climb Mount Everest.

• 1 eagerness to do something new and clever, despite any risks:

  • They've shown a lot of enterprise in setting up this project.

  • We need someone with enterprise and imagination to design a marketing strategy.

• 2 an organization, esp. a business, or a difficult and important plan, esp. one that will earn money:

  • [ U ] private enterprise

  • [ C ] The road is bordered by shopping centers, restaurants, retail outlets, and other commercial enterprises.

  • [ U ] They’ve showed a great deal of enterprise in setting up this project.

• 3 an organization, a company, or a business:

  • a manufacturing/catering/farming enterprise

  • a large/small/medium-sized enterprise

  • a state/state-owned/multinational enterprise

  • a domestic/local/foreign enterprise

  • He was responsible for building the pizza company into a billion-dollar enterprise.

  • They run a family enterprise in their local town.

  • enterprise development/management The grants are intended to support local small enterprise development.

• 4 a business plan or project, especially one that is difficult or that may fail or lose money:

  • a business/commercial/economic enterprise What we always look for in a future business partner is a commitment to the business enterprise and its success.

  • a successful/joint enterprise

• 5 business activity in general:

  • boost/encourage/promote enterprise The government unveiled a wide range of measures to boost business and enterprise yesterday.

  • The enterprise and development committee supports innovation in business.

• 6 the quality or activity of thinking of new ideas and activities in business and making them successful despite the risks involved:

  • The prime minister applauded the innovation of private entrepreneurs and said he would like to see similar enterprise in the public sector, too.

  • The scheme rewards young people who show initiative and enterprise.