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Unternehmen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • business noun The activity of making, buying, or selling goods or services to earn money.
  • company noun A business organization that sells goods or provides services.
  • endeavor noun A serious, determined attempt to achieve something.
  • enterprise noun A business or organization, especially one involved in a significant undertaking.
  • operation noun The way something works, or the act of making it work.
  • undertake verb To take on a task or responsibility and commit to completing it.
  • undertaking noun A task or project that someone takes responsibility for, especially a large or difficult one.
  • venture noun A risky or bold undertaking whose outcome is uncertain.

Senses

Unternehmen is used for these senses in English:

  • business (countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
  • company (legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
  • operation (military, countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
  • undertake (transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
  • venture A risky or daring undertaking or journey.

business — full definition

  1. noun The activity of making, buying, or selling goods or services to earn money.
  2. noun A particular company or commercial organisation.
  3. noun A matter or affair that is someone's concern or responsibility.

company — full definition

  1. noun A business organization that sells goods or provides services.
  2. noun The presence of other people, especially as companionship.
  3. noun A group of people who perform together, such as actors or dancers.

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