enterprising

Etymology

adj

1. Displaying bravery and daring in attempting some task.
2. Very able and ingenious in business dealings or social advancement.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of enterprise

noun

1. The undertaking of an enterprise; purposeful activity; doings.
   What gives these enterprisings their political character are the contentions, claims and experiences of the other. 2010, Melvin Pollner, Mundane Reason: Reality in Everyday and Sociological Discourse