#venture any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
supertype: task__undertaking__labor any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"
subtype: joint_venture__jointventure a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise: "a joint venture between the film companies to produce TV shows"
subtype: experiment a venture at something new or different; "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard"
subtype: campaign__cause__crusade__drive__movement__effort a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"
subtype: advertising_campaign__advertisingcampaign__ad_campaign__ad_blitz an organized program of advertisements
subtype: sales_campaign__salescampaign an advertising campaign intended to promote sales
subtype: public-relations_campaign an advertising campaign intended to improve public relations
subtype: anti-war_movement a campaign against entering or continuing a war
subtype: consumerism a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers
subtype: campaigning__candidacy__candidature__electioneering__political_campaign__politicalcampaign the campaign of a candidate to be elected
subtype: hustings the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)
subtype: whispering_campaign the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate
subtype: stumping campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches)
subtype: ecumenical_movement a movement among Protestant groups aimed at universal Christian unity
subtype: fund-raising_campaign__fund-raising_drive__fund-raising_effort a campaign to raise money for some cause
subtype: feminist_movement__feminism__women's_liberation_movement__women's_lib__women'slib the movement aimed at equal rights for women
subtype: gay_liberation_movement__gay_lib__gaylib the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression
subtype: lost_cause a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable
subtype: reform.campaign a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"
subtype: war a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime"
subtype: youth_movement__youthmovement__youth_crusade__youthcrusade political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people
subtype: sallying_forth__sally a venture off the beaten path; "a sally into the wide world beyond his home"
subtype: risk__peril__danger a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"
subtype: chance a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive"
subtype: gamble a risky act or venture
subtype: long_shot a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards
subtype: raise increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your raise and double it"
subtype: doubling.raise__double raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff"
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