As nouns the difference between firms and enterprise
is that
firms is while
enterprise is a company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.
As verbs the difference between firms and enterprise
is that
firms is (
firm) while
enterprise is to undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
firms English
Noun
(head)
(obsolete, architecture) The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together.
Verb
(head)
(firm)
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enterprise Alternative forms
* enterprize (chiefly archaic)
* entreprise (chiefly archaic)
Noun
( en noun)
A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.
- The (GSEs) are a group of financial services corporations which have been created by the United States Congress.
- A micro-enterprise is defined as a business having 5 or fewer employees and a low seed capital.
An undertaking or project, especially a daring and courageous one.
- Biosphere 2 was a scientific enterprise aimed at the exploration of the complex web of interactions within life systems.
A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.
- He has shown great enterprise throughout his early career.
an active participation in projects
Synonyms
* initiative
Derived terms
* enterprising
* commercial enterprise
* scientific enterprise
Verb
( enterpris)
To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
- (Alexander Pope)
To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
* Dryden
- The business must be enterprised this night.
* T. Otway
- What would I not renounce or enterprise for you!
To treat with hospitality; to entertain.
* Spenser
- Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprise .
( Webster 1913)
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