venture

an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one.

a mountain-climbing venture.

a business enterprise or speculation in which something is risked in the hope of profit; a commercial or other speculation.

Their newest venture allows you to order their products online.

the money, ship, cargo, merchandise, or the like, on which risk is taken in a business enterprise or speculation.

Obsolete. hazard or risk.

to expose to hazard; risk.

to venture one's fortune;

to venture one's life.

Synonyms:

jeopardize, imperil, endanger

to take the risk of; brave the dangers of.

to venture a voyage into space.

to undertake to express, as when opposition or resistance appears likely to follow; be bold enough; dare.

I venture to say that you are behaving foolishly.

to take the risk of sending.

to make or embark upon a venture; dare to enter or go.

He ventured deep into the jungle.

to take a risk; dare; presume.

to venture on an ambitious program of reform.

to invest venture capital.

(tr) to expose to danger; hazard

he ventured his life

(tr) to brave the dangers of (something)

I'll venture the seas

(tr) to dare (to do something)

does he venture to object?

(tr; may take a clause as object) to express in spite of possible refutation or criticism

I venture that he is not that honest

(intr; often foll by out, forth, etc) to embark on a possibly hazardous journey, undertaking, etc

to venture forth upon the high seas