The quality or state of being venturous; mettle; one's willingness to undertake potentially hazardous endeavours.

Adventurous; venturesome; willing to undertake activities involving risk.

present participle of venture

The act of one who ventures.

plural of venturing

A cooperative partnership between two individuals or businesses in which profits and risks are shared.

A business enterprise in which the expectation of gain is accompanied by the risk of loss or failure.

An investor who invests money in an innovative enterprise for which the potential for high profit and the risk of loss are both considerable.

(business) Money invested in an innovative enterprise in which both the potential for profit and the risk of loss are considerable.

(historical) A late-medieval organiser of trading expeditions, especially one belonging to the Society of Merchant Venturers.