Venture Definition–noun | 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 o
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r speculation. | | 4. | Obsolete. hazard or risk. | –verb (used with object) | 5. | to expose to hazard; risk: to venture one's fortune; to venture one's life. | | 6. | to take the risk of; brave the dangers of: to venture a voyage into space. | | 7. | 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. | | 8. | to take the risk of sending.
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| –verb (used without object) | 9. | to make or embark upon a venture; dare to go: He ventured deep into the jungle. | | 10. | to take a risk; dare; presume: to venture on an ambitious program of reform. | | 11. | to invest venture capital. | –adjective | 12. | of or pertaining to an investment or investments in new businesses: a venture fund. | —Idiom | 13. | at a venture, according to chance; at random: A successor was chosen at a venture. | |
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Capital Definition–noun | 1. | the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.: Tokyo is the capital of Japan. | | 2. | a city regarded as being of special eminence in some field of activity: New York is the dance capital of the world. | | 4. | the wealth, whether in money or property, owned or employed in business by an individual, firm, corporation, etc. | | 5. | an accumulated stock of such wealth. | | 6. | any form of wealth employed or capable of being employed in the production of more wealth. | | 7. | Accounting. | a. | assets remaining after deduction of liabilities; the net worth of a business. | | b. | the ownership interest in a business. | | | 8. | any source of profit, advantage, power, etc.; asset: His indefatigable drive is his greatest capital. | | 9. | capitalists as a group or class (distinguished from labor ): High taxation has reduced the spending power of capital. | –adjective | 10. | pertaining to financial capital: capital stock. | | 11. | principal; highly important: This guide offers suggestions of capital interest to travelers. | | 12. | chief, esp. as being the official seat of government of a country, state, etc.: the capital city of France. | | 13. | excellent or first-rate: a capital hotel; a capital fellow. | | 15. | involving the loss of life: capital punishment. | | 16. | punishable by death: a capital crime; a capital offender. | | 17. | fatal; extremely serious: a capital error. | |
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Company Definition–noun | 1. | a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people. | | 2. | a guest or guests: We're having company for dinner. | | 3. | an assemblage of persons for social purposes. | | 4. | companionship; fellowship; association: I always enjoy her company. | | 5. | one's usual companions: I don't like the company he keeps. | | 7. | a number of persons united or incorporated for joint action, esp. for business: a publishing company; a dance company. | | 8. | (initial capital letter ) the members of a firm not specifically named in the firm's title: George Higgins and Company. | | 9. | Military. | a. | the smallest body of troops, consisting of a headquarters and two or three platoons. | | b. | any relatively small group of soldiers. | | c. | Army. a basic unit with both tactical and administrative functions. | | | 10. | a unit of firefighters, including their special apparatus: a hook-and-ladder company. | | 12. | a medieval trade guild. | | 13. | the Company, Informal. a nation's major intelligence-gathering and espionage organization, as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. | –verb (used without object) | 14. | Archaic. to associate. | –verb (used with object) | 15. | Archaic. to accompany. | —Idioms | 16. | keep company, | a. | to associate with; be a friend of. | | b. | Informal. to go together, as in courtship: My sister has been keeping company with a young lawyer. | | | 17. | part
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