meaning of venture
1. An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.
2. An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.
3. The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
4. To hazard ones self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare.
5. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.
6. To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture ones person in a balloon.
7. To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.
8. To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
9. any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
Related Words
venture | venture capital | venture capitalist | ventured | venturer | venturesome | venturesomeness |
