enterpriser
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of enterpriser
First recorded in 1515–25; enterprise + -er 1
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With parsimony's contempt for popularity, the old enterpriser might have held unswerving to his moneymaking maxim to the end but for the prodigality of his eldest son.
From Time Magazine Archive
No coldhearted free enterpriser ever enforced a colder bargain.
From Time Magazine Archive
Liberal C. D. Howe, a devoted private enterpriser, saw nothing strange in fathering a national airline and a national radio-TV network.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a Utah enterpriser, he had used the sizable fortune inherited from his pioneer father to build a small empire of sugar, lumber and construction companies, and 28 banks throughout Utah and Idaho.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Costs of production" mean here the monetary costs of the enterpriser.
From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Frank Albert Fetter
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