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[risk]
| 1. | exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk. |
| 2. | Insurance.
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| 3. | to expose to the chance of injury or loss; hazard: to risk one's life. |
| 4. | to venture upon; take or run the chance of: to risk a fall in climbing; to risk a war. |
| 5. | at risk,
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| 6. | take or run a risk, to expose oneself to the chance of injury or loss; put oneself in danger; hazard; venture. |
1655–65; < F risque < It risc(hi)o, of obscure orig.

Related forms:
1. venture, peril, jeopardy. 3. imperil, endanger, jeopardize. 4. chance.
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risk (rĭsk) n.
[French risque, from Italian risco, rischio.] risk'er n. |
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Risk
Risk\, n. [F. risque; cf. It. risco, risico, rischio, Pg. risco, Sp. riesgo, and also Sp. risco a steep rock; all probably fr. L. resceare to cut off; pref. re- re- + secare to cut; -- the word having been probably first used among sailors. See Section.]1. Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction. The imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves. --Macaulay. 2. (Com.) Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property. To run a risk, to incur hazard; to encounter danger. Syn: Danger; hazard; peril; jeopardy; exposure. See Danger.Risk
Risk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Risked; p. pr. & vb. n. Risking.] [CF. F. risquer. See Risk, n.]1. To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication. 2. To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle. Syn: To hazard; peril; endanger; jeopard.Cite This Source
risk (n.)
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Risk
The chance that an investment's actual return will be different than expected. This includes the possibility of losing some or all of the original investment. It is usually measured using the historical returns or average returns for a specific investment.
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Higher risk means a greater opportunity for high returns... and a higher potential for loss.
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risk
- The variability of returns from an investment. The greater the variability (in dividend fluctuation or security price, for example), the greater the risk. Because investors are generally averse to risk, investments with greater inherent risk must promise higher expected yields.
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Main Entry: risk
Function: noun
1 a : possibility of loss or injury b : liability for loss or injury if it occurs
2 a : the chance of loss to the subject matter of an insurance contract : uncertainty with regard to loss; also : the degree of probability of such loss —compare PERIL b : a person or thing that is a specified hazard to an insurer risk for insurance> c : an insurance hazard from a specified cause or source risk> —risk·less adjective
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Main Entry: risk
Pronunciation: 'risk
Function: noun
1 : possibility of loss, injury, disease, or death
2 : a person considered in terms of the possible bad effects of a particular course of treatment risk> —at risk : characterized by high risk or susceptibility (as to disease)
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risk (rĭsk)
n.
- The possibility of suffering a harmful event.
- A factor or course involving uncertain danger, as with smoking or exposure to radiation.
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risk
In addition to the idiom beginning with risk, also see at risk; calculated risk; run a risk.
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