business enterprise
For-profit organization
A business enterprise is an organization engaged in commercial activity for profit.
The phrase emphasizes the venture aspect—the initiative and risk involved in starting or running a business.
Enterprise alone often carries this meaning, but business enterprise makes the commercial context explicit: She built a successful business enterprise from nothing.
The term appears frequently in legal, economic, and formal business contexts.
- tradeExchange of commodities
- corporationLegally separate business entity
- licensingGranting official permission
- innovationCreating something original
- sole proprietorshipUnincorporated individual-owned business
mom and pop · nonprofit · production · partnership · startup · venture capital · angel investor · sales · conglomerate · hostile takeover · going public · leadership · taxation · franchise · scalability · subsidiary · distribution · brick and mortar
business enterprisecharity
Voluntary aid for others
nonprofit organization · charitable organization · philanthropic foundation · NGO · not-for-profit
business enterprisegovernment agency
State administrative body
public institution · civil service · government department · municipal authority · federal agency
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