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To venture upon — Venture Ven ture, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ventured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Venturing}.] 1. To hazard one s self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. Bunyan. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a venture; to run a hazard… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Venture — Ven ture, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ventured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Venturing}.] 1. To hazard one s self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. Bunyan. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
venture — Synonyms and related words: accept, advance, adventure, affair, agiotage, approach, arbitrage, assay, assume, attack, attempt, banter, be a man, be caught short, be short, beard, belong, bet, brave, broach, bucket, bucketshop, buckle to, business … Moby Thesaurus
venture — ven•ture [[t]ˈvɛn tʃər[/t]] n. v. tured, tur•ing 1) an undertaking involving risk or uncertainty 2) bus a business enterprise in which something is risked in the hope of profit 3) the money or property risked in such an enterprise 4) to expose to … From formal English to slang
Venture Smith — (1729 1805) was an African captive brought to the American colonies as a child. His history was documented when he gave a narrative of his life to a schoolteacher, who wrote it down and published it under the title A Narrative of the Life and… … Wikipedia
venture — vb Venture, hazard, risk, chance, jeopardize, endanger, imperil can all mean to expose to the chance of being unsuccessful, lost, or injured. Venture implies a daring to stake something (as the success of an action or undertaking, one s life, or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Venture — Ven ture (?; 135), n. [Aphetic form of OE. aventure. See {Adventure}.] 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. [1913 Webster] I, in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
venture — ven|ture1 [ˈventʃə US ər] n [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: adventure] a new business activity that involves taking risks business/commercial venture joint venture (=when two companies do something together) venture 2 venture2 v 1.) [I always +… … Dictionary of contemporary English
To venture at — Venture Ven ture, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ventured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Venturing}.] 1. To hazard one s self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. Bunyan. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a venture; to run a hazard… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To venture on — Venture Ven ture, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ventured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Venturing}.] 1. To hazard one s self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. Bunyan. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a venture; to run a hazard… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
