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How to pronounce venture in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms speculation
Type of investment funds, investment
Has types gamble, pyramid, smart money
Derivation venturous
Type Words
Synonyms embark
Type of move, proceed, go
Derivation venturer


We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer.
Type Words
Synonyms adventure, hazard, jeopardize, stake
Type of risk, put on the line, lay on the line
Derivation venturer
Type Words
Synonyms guess, hazard, pretend
Type of speculate
Has types surmise, anticipate, suspect, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise
Type Words
Type of commercial enterprise, business, business enterprise
Derivation venturous
Type Words
Type of labor, undertaking, task, project
Has types sallying forth, movement, campaign, cause, crusade, danger, drive, effort, experiment, joint venture, peril, risk, sally

Examples of venture

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Adage is a joint venture formed by AREVA, a global energy firm, and Duke Energy.
From the thenewstribune.com
On the venture-capital side, there are just not that many women decision makers.
From the online.wsj.com
It has a joint venture with Fiat to build cars in India and trucks in Argentina.
From the forbes.com
It has since announced an $8 million noodle-making venture in Batangas province.
From the businessweek.com
Here are some IRR numbers for the median venture capital fund from 1981 to 2003.
From the avc.com
This is the reason venture as an asset class has been under question as of late.
From the avc.com
In this regard, nothing has changed in fifty years of venture capital investing.
From the avc.com
Certified voters are people with real knowledge of the venture capital business.
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Merger and sale transactions can provide very good returns to venture investors.
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More examples
  • Any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
  • Proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer"
  • Guess: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
  • Speculation: an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it"
  • A commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
  • Put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this"
  • Venture is a 1981 arcade game by Exidy. It was ported to a number of home consoles, including the Atari 2600, ColecoVision and Intellivision systems.
  • Boy Scouting is a membership level of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) for boys and young men. It provides effective youth training in character, citizenship, and mental and personal fitness. ...
  • Venture was a chain of defunct discount department store operating across Australia. It was developed by South Australian department store John Martins and was first opened in 1970. The chain grew to cover much of the country. ...