VENTURE

noun

Definitions

  1. 1. 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. I, in this venture, double gains pursue. Dryden.
  2. 2. An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck. Bacon.
  3. 3. The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade. My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. Shak. At a venture, at hazard; without seeing the end or mark; without foreseeing the issue; at random. A certain man drew a bow at a venture. 1 Kings xxii. 34. A bargain at a venture made. Hudibras.

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Added: October 09, 2025 Updated: October 09, 2025
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