enterprise

Everyday

1. A business or company. tree →
2. A big, new or bold plan or project. tree →
3. Being willing to try new things and work hard to make them happen; get-up-and-go. tree →

In the lessons

At school, «enterprise» projects or «enterprise week» mean pupils plan a small business, for example selling cakes. In news, «small enterprises» are small businesses; «free enterprise» means people can run businesses freely. Praise: «She showed great enterprise».

Examples

• Our class ran a mini enterprise selling bookmarks. tree →
• The bakery is a family enterprise. tree →
• Climbing the mountain was a risky enterprise. tree →
• He showed real enterprise by starting a dog-walking service. tree →
• Enterprise week starts on Monday. tree →
• The new enterprise employs twenty people. tree →
• Building a treehouse was a joint enterprise between the cousins. tree →
• Thus the boldest part of my enterprise remained. tree →

Note

Countable when it means a business or project (an enterprise, enterprises); uncountable when it means the quality («showed enterprise»). Adjective: enterprising (full of ideas and energy). In maths problems about enterprise days, watch for profit = money made − money spent.

In Jewish tradition

At school, «enterprise» projects or «enterprise week» mean pupils plan a small business, for example selling cakes. In news, «small enterprises» are small businesses; «free enterprise» means people can run businesses freely. Praise: «She showed great enterprise».

Examples

• When people learned of their existence, they all left the original artisan and went to them, honoring them, and negotiating with them in their building enterprises " (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Countable when it means a business or project (an enterprise, enterprises); uncountable when it means the quality («showed enterprise»). Adjective: enterprising (full of ideas and energy). In maths problems about enterprise days, watch for profit = money made − money spent.