entrepreneur — meaning in English
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English meaning
- contractor noun A person or company hired to carry out building or construction work.
- entrepreneur noun A person who starts and runs a business, taking on its financial risk.
- entrepreneurial adjective Showing the drive, risk-taking, or resourcefulness typical of someone who starts businesses.
- undertaker noun A person or business that arranges funerals, including preparing the body and organizing the burial or cremation.
Senses
entrepreneur is used for these senses in English:
- contractor A person or company that builds or improves buildings.
- entrepreneur A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks. [from 1762]
- entrepreneurial Having the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising.
- undertaker (rare) One who undertakes or commits to doing something.
contractor — full definition
- noun A person or company hired to carry out building or construction work.
- noun Someone hired to do a specific job under a contract rather than as a permanent employee.