risk taker

[risk-tey-ker]

risk·tak·er

[risk-tey-ker]
noun
a person or corporation inclined to take risks: The management trainees were exhorted to become risktakers.

Origin:
1940–45; risk + taker
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risk taker

noun
someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement [syn: gambler
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