risk
exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
Insurance.
the hazard or chance of loss.
the degree of probability of such loss.
the amount that the insurance company may lose.
a person or thing with reference to the hazard involved in insuring him, her, or it.
the type of loss, as life, fire, marine disaster, or earthquake, against which an insurance policy is drawn.
to expose to the chance of injury or loss; hazard: to risk one's life.
to venture upon; take or run the chance of: to risk a fall in climbing;to risk a war.
Idioms about risk
at risk,
in a dangerous situation or status; in jeopardy: families at risk in the area of the weakened dam.
under financial or legal obligation; held responsible: Are individual investors at risk for the debt part of the real estate venture?
take / run a risk, to expose oneself to the chance of injury or loss; put oneself in danger; hazard; venture.
Origin of risk
1Other words for risk
Other words from risk
- risker, noun
- riskless, adjective
- un·risked, adjective
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How to use risk in a sentence
He was willing to take risk after risk for his beliefs and said if he lost he lost.
They go on, and take risk and trouble on themselves in working through bad times, rather than close their works.
What Social Classes Owe to Each Other | William Graham SumnerI argued that Promotheus had the most at stake, and we had no right to take risk into account.
Friar Tuck | Robert Alexander WasonOf course I should require a very large extra premium, if I would take take risk at all.
Medical Essays | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
British Dictionary definitions for risk
/ (rɪsk) /
the possibility of incurring misfortune or loss; hazard
insurance
chance of a loss or other event on which a claim may be filed
the type of such an event, such as fire or theft
the amount of the claim should such an event occur
a person or thing considered with respect to the characteristics that may cause an insured event to occur
at risk
vulnerable; likely to be lost or damaged
social welfare vulnerable to personal damage, to the extent that a welfare agency might take protective responsibility
no risk Australian informal an expression of assent
take a risk or run a risk to proceed in an action without regard to the possibility of danger involved in it
to expose to danger or loss; hazard
to act in spite of the possibility of (injury or loss): to risk a fall in climbing
Origin of risk
1Derived forms of risk
- risker, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with risk
In addition to the idiom beginning with risk
- risk life and limb
also see:
- at risk
- calculated risk
- run a risk
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