Thesaurus: venture

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1. n. 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.
2. n. An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.
3. n. The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
4. v. i. To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare.
5. v. i. To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.
6. v. t. To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.
7. v. t. To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.
8. v. t. To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
9. n. any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
10. n. an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
11. n. a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
12. v. proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers