venture /venˈchər/

1. An undertaking whose issue is uncertain or dangerous
2. A commercial enterprise or speculation with a risk of loss
3. Something attempted
4. Chance, luck, hazard (archaic)
5. That which is put to hazard (esp goods sent by sea at the sender's risk)
6. A prostitute (Shakespeare)

1. To expose to hazard
2. To risk
3. To take the risk of
4. To dare to put forward
5. To send on a venture

1. To make a venture
2. To run a risk
3. To dare
4. To dare to go

venˈturer noun

venˈturesome adjective

1. Inclined or willing to take risks
2. Involving the taking of risk
3. Risky

venˈturesomely adverb

venˈturesomeness noun

venˈturing (Milton venˈtring) noun and adjective

venˈturingly adverb

venˈturous (Spenser, Milton, etc, venˈtrous or venˈt'rous) adjective

1. Adventurous
2. Daring

venˈturously adverb

venˈturousness noun

venture capital noun

Money supplied by individual investors or business organizations for a new, esp speculative, business enterprise, also called risk capital

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