Enterprise

n. initiative, boldness, adventurous spirit; undertaking, challenging project; company, firm, business

n. city in Alabama (USA); worldwide auto rental company

Enterprise (occasionally archaically spelled enterprize) can refer to the following: Economics and businessA business, company, or comparable organizationEntrepreneurship, the practice of starting new organizations particularly new businesses Enterprise for High School Students, a non-profit organizationEnterprise Rent-A-Car, a car-rental agencyEnterprise Plc, a civil engineering and maintenance company in the United KingdomFarm enterprise, component of a farm business, e.g. a farm may include an arable enterprise and a dairy enterpriseFree enterprise, a type of economy; a loose synonym for implemented capitalismSTTGI (Stanford Technology Trading Group International), informally known as "Enterprise", a U.S. weapons-dealing company involved in the Iran-Contra AffairSubud Enterprise Services, any entrepreneurial activity undertaken by a member of the spiritual organization Subud
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Noun
1. a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the whole enterprise"
(synonym) endeavor, endeavour
(hypernym) undertaking, project, task, labor
(hyponym) racket, fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise
2. an organization created for business ventures; "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader"
(hypernym) organization, organisation
(hyponym) giant
3. readiness to embark on bold new ventures
(synonym) enterprisingness, initiative, go-ahead
(hypernym) drive

n. Enterprise, city in Alabama (USA)

(v. t.)
To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
  

(v. t.)
To treat with hospitality; to entertain.
  

(v. i.)
To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
  

(n.)
Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.
  

(n.)
That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise.