Word of the Day for Friday, July 27, 2012

intrapreneur \in-truh-pruh-NUR\, noun:

An employee of a large corporation who is given freedom and financial support to create new products, services, systems, etc., and does not have to follow the corporation's usual routines or protocols.

Intrapreneur was coined in the 1970s as a variation of the more common word entrepreneur. The prefix intra- means "within."