Venture

Noun

 * 1) A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
 * 2) * 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island. Chapter 4.
 * My heart was beating finely when we two set forth in the cold night upon this dangerous venture.

Verb

 * 1)  To undertake a risky or daring journey.
 * 2)  To risk or offer.
 * to venture funds
 * to venture a guess
 * 1) * 1922,, Ulysses Chapter 13
 * Till then they had only exchanged glances of the most casual but now under the brim of her new hat she ventured a look at him and the face that met her gaze there in the twilight, wan and strangely drawn, seemed to her the saddest she had ever seen.
 * 1)  to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. Used with at or on

Derived terms

 * venture capital

Related terms

 * venturesome
 * venturous

Adjectives for Venture
advantageous; revolutionary; maiden; disillusioning; successful; uncertain; amateur scientific; short-lived; private; matrimonial speculative; prodigious; fruitful; maritime succeeding; money-making; biographical profitable.

Verbs for Venture
abandon—; acclaim—; back—; contemplate—; decry—; defeat—; denounce—; disclose—; embark on—; encourage—; endanger—;eye—; finance—; forsake—;  further—; gamble on—; inweril—; insure—; menace—; promote—; pursue—;  relinquish—; threaten—; undertake—; stake on—; with¬draw from—; —crashes; —entails; —flourishes ; —tempts; —thrives.

Adverbs for Venture
buoyantly; soothingly; boldly; timidly; hazardously; trustfully; wistfully; occasionally; cautiously; oracularly; imperiously; openly; solemnly; daringly; rashly; madly; sullenly: complacently; tactfully; timorously; fruitlessly; profitably.

Thesaurus
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, buy in, buy into, buying in, calculated risk, challenge, chance, chance it, commitment, contract, crack, dare, daresay, deal, defy, deposit margin, effort, embark in, embark upon, emprise, endanger, endeavor, engage, engage in, engagement, enter on, enter upon, enterprise, equity capital, essay, experiment, exploit, expose, face, fall into, fall to, feat, financier, flier, fling, flutter, fortune, front, gamble, gamble on, gest, get under way, go about, go at, go in for, go into, go long, go upon, have at, have the guts, have the nerve, hazard, hold on, imperil, invest, invest in, investment, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, launch forth, launch into, lay about, lay open, lay out money, lift a finger, liquidation, luck, make a killing, make a scoop, make an attempt, make an effort, make an investment, make bold, make bold to, make free, margin up, miss the market, move into, obligation, offer, operate, operation, outdare, outface, overstay the market, peril, pitch into, place, plan, play, play the market, plow back into, plunge, plunge into, presume, pretend, prime investment, proceed to, proffer, profit taking, program, project, proposition, put, put down, put forward, pyramid, reinvest, rely on fortune, risk, round trade, run a chance, run the risk, scalp, scalping, scoop the market, set about, set at, set at hazard, set forward, set going, set to, sink, sink money in, speculate, speculation, spot sale, stag, stag the market, stake, stockjobbery, stockjobbing, tackle, take a chance, take a flier, take chances, take on, take the liberty, take up, task, tempt fortune, tender, trade on margin, trust to chance, try, try the chance, turn, turn to, uncertainty, undertake, undertaking, venture capital, venture on, venture upon, volunteer, wager, work

Etymology
Shortening of adventure.

Noun

 * Bulgarian:
 * Russian:, рискованный начинание

Verb

 * Bulgarian:


 * Portuguese:


 * Catalan: arriscar
 * Dutch: ,


 * Portuguese: arriscar
 * Russian: рисковать


 * Russian: отваживаться

Adjective
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Noun
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