Russian-English translations for зате́я

• contrivance
• device
  There are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener
• enterprise
  The government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) are a group of financial services corporations which have been created by the United States Congress.
  A micro-enterprise is defined as a business having 5 or fewer employees and a low seed capital.
  Biosphere 2 was a scientific enterprise aimed at the exploration of the complex web of interactions within life systems.