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A word so ambitious it named ships, software, and starships before naming actual courage.
means A bold, often difficult undertaking or project — or, by extension, a business or company that takes one on.
from From Old French 'entreprise,' the feminine past participle of 'entreprendre,' meaning 'to undertake' — literally to take ('prendre,' from Latin 'prendere') something between ('entre,' from Latin 'inter') one's hands. So at heart the word means simply 'a thing seized and undertaken,' which is why it stretches so easily from a daring deed to a daring business.
- Star Trek
- Eight Starfleet ships, plus a real space shuttle, share the name
- Latin root
- From prendere, to seize or grasp boldly
- Rental empire
- Named after the WWII aircraft carrier USS Enterprise
- Free enterprise
- Economic system named for individual daring, not safety
- Corporate code
- Now means software too expensive to list a price
uss enterprise cv-6 — aircraft carrier that fought in major pacific battles during wwii, sank 71 enemy ships
enterprise rent-a-car — largest car rental company in the us by revenue, founded 1957 in st. louis
enterprise florida — economic development organization for the state of florida established 1996