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ven•ture
Pronunciation: (ven'chur), [key]
—n., v., -tured, -tur•ing,
—adj.
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n.
1. an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, esp. a risky or dangerous one:
a mountain-climbing venture.
2. a business enterprise or speculation in which something is risked in the hope of profit; a commercial or other speculation.
3. the money, ship, cargo, merchandise, or the like, on which risk is taken in a business enterprise or speculation.
4. Obs.hazard or risk.
5. at a venture, according to chance; at random:
A successor was chosen at a venture.
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v.t.
1. to expose to hazard; risk:
to venture one's fortune; to venture one's life.
2. to take the risk of; brave the dangers of:
to venture a voyage into space.
3. to undertake to express, as when opposition or resistance appears likely to follow; be bold enough; dare:
I venture to say that you are behaving foolishly.
4. to take the risk of sending.
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v.i.
1. to make or embark upon a venture; dare to go:
He ventured deep into the jungle.
2. to take a risk; dare; presume:
to venture on an ambitious program of reform.
3. to invest venture capital.
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adj.
of or pertaining to an investment or investments in new businesses:
a venture fund. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
