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risk

  [risk]
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–noun
1. exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
2. Insurance.
a. the hazard or chance of loss.
b. the degree of probability of such loss.
c. the amount that the insurance company may lose.
d. a person or thing with reference to the hazard involved in insuring him, her, or it.
e. the type of loss, as life, fire, marine disaster, or earthquake, against which an insurance policy is drawn.
–verb (used with object)
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.
—Idioms
5. at risk,
a. in a dangerous situation or status; in jeopardy: families at risk in the area of the weakened dam.
b. under financial or legal obligation; held responsible: Are individual investors at risk for the debt part of the real estate venture?
6. take or run a risk, to expose oneself to the chance of injury or loss; put oneself in danger; hazard; venture.
Origin:
1655–65; < F risque < It risc(hi)o, of obscure orig.

Related forms:
risker, noun
riskless, adjective

Synonyms:
1. venture, peril, jeopardy. 3. imperil, endanger, jeopardize. 4. chance.
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risk   (rĭsk)   
n.  
  1. The possibility of suffering harm or loss; danger.
  2. A factor, thing, element, or course involving uncertain danger; a hazard: "the usual risks of the desert: rattlesnakes, the heat, and lack of water" (Frank Clancy).
    1. The danger or probability of loss to an insurer.
    2. The amount that an insurance company stands to lose.
    3. The variability of returns from an investment.
    4. The chance of nonpayment of a debt.
    1. The variability of returns from an investment.
    2. The chance of nonpayment of a debt.
  5. One considered with respect to the possibility of loss: a poor risk.
tr.v.   risked, risk·ing, risks
  1. To expose to a chance of loss or damage; hazard. See Synonyms at endanger.
  2. To incur the risk of: His action risked a sharp reprisal.

[French risque, from Italian risco, rischio.]
risk'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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