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en⋅tre⋅pre⋅neur  /ˌɑntrəprəˈnɜr, -ˈnʊər; Fr. ɑ̃trəprəˈnœr/ Pronunciation [ahn-truh-pruh-nur, -noor; Fr. ahn-truh-pruh-nœr] noun 1. a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, esp. a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk. 2. an employer of productive labor; contractor. verb (used with object) 3. to deal with or initiate as an entrepreneur. verb (used without object) 4. to act [...]

What’s The Word?

in-tra-pre-neur (In¹tre-pre-nur)  n. A person within a large corporation who takes direct responsibility for turning an idea into a profitable finished product through assertive risk-taking and innovation [intra(corporate) + (ENTRE)PRENEUR.] -inftrapre-nouri-al adj. -intra-pre-neuri-al-ism n. -in’trapre-neuri-al-ly adv. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language