n.
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 obsolete : DESTINY , FORTUNE , CHANCE
2 a : an undertaking involving chance, risk, or danger especially : a speculative business enterprise b : a venturesome act
3 : something (as money or property) at stake in a speculative venture
– at a venture : at random <a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king ― 1 Kings 22:34 (AV)>