VENTURE

venture. Venture, v. to send a venture, risk, expose, dare

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Ven″ture (?; 135), n. [[Aphetic form of OE. aventure. See Adventure.]] 1. 1. 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.
I, in this venture, double gains pursue. Dryden. 2. 2. An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck. Bacon.
3. 3. The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. Shak. At a venture, at hazard; without seeing the end or mark; without foreseeing the issue; at random. A certain man drew a bow at a venture. 1 Kings xxii. 34. A bargain at a venture made. Hudibras. ☞ The phrase at a venture was originally at aventure, that is, at adventure.