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

Noun

(en noun)

The act of associating.

The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.

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(statistics) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).

A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.