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Definition of Venture
Venture

An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.

The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.

To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare.

To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.

To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.

To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.

To confide in; to rely on; to trust.

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Venture Quotations

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
Edmund Burke

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
Michel de Montaigne

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
Horace

Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.
W. Clement Stone

Venture Translations

venture in Danish is riskere
venture in Dutch is zich wagen aan, aandurven
venture in Finnish is vaarantaa
venture in French is risquer
venture in German is wagen, Risiko, herauswagen
venture in Latin is conor
venture in Portuguese is risco
venture in Spanish is ventura, especulacion


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