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Meaning of entrepreneur | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː

Definitions

  1. A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks.
  2. A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  3. A person who organizes concerts, plays, or other entertainments; the manager of a theatre or similar venue; an impresario.
    archaic
  4. A person who organizes concerts, plays, or other entertainments; the manager of a theatre or similar venue; an impresario
  5. A person who serves as an intermediary; a middleman; a go-between.
    figuratively, rare, sometimes
  6. A person who serves as an intermediary; a middleman; a go-between
  7. A person who manages an artist or performer; an agent.
    obsolete
  8. A person who manages an artist or performer; an agent

Equivalents

العربية رجل الأعمال
Español empresario
Français entrepreneur

Examples

“Every rail company worth its salt wanted to connect with London. Interestingly, it was largely that way around - provincial entrepreneurs wanting to connect with the capital, rather than London capitalists seeking to spread outwards.”
“Chicago, it was, by way of compensation, beginning to take on the cosmopolitan cast of culture that it has worn ever since, as entrepreneur between the Old World and the New.”

CEFR level

C2
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