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Verb
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risks, plural;
  1. Expose (someone or something valued) to danger, harm, or loss
    • - he risked his life to save his dog
  2. Act or fail to act in such a way as to bring about the possibility of (an unpleasant or unwelcome event)
    • - unless you're dealing with pure alcohol you're risking contamination from benzene
  3. Incur the chance of unfortunate consequences by engaging in (an action)
    • - he was far too intelligent to risk attempting to deceive her
Noun
  1. A situation involving exposure to danger
    • - flouting the law was too much of a risk
    • - all outdoor activities carry an element of risk
  2. The possibility that something unpleasant or unwelcome will happen
    • - reduce the risk of heart disease
    • - a high consumption of caffeine was suggested as a risk factor for loss of bone mass
  3. A person or thing regarded as likely to turn out well or badly, as specified, in a particular context or respect
    • - Western banks regarded Romania as a good risk
  4. A person or thing regarded as a threat to something in need of protection
    • - she's a security risk
  5. A thing regarded as likely to result in a specified danger
    • - gloss paint can burn strongly and pose a fire risk
  6. A possibility of harm or damage against which something is insured

  7. The possibility of financial loss
    • - project finance is essentially an exercise in risk management

  1. expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong"
  2. hazard: a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
  3. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"
  4. gamble: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
  5. the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
  6. Risk concerns the deviation of one or more results of one or more future events from their expected value. Technically, the value of those results may be positive or negative. ...
  7. Risk is a comic book character appearing in publications from DC Comics.
  8. Risk is a 2007 Bollywood movie directed by Vishram Sawant. It stars Randeep Hooda, Vinod Khanna, Tanushree Dutta,Zakir Hussain, Yashpal Sharma and Anant Jog in the lead roles. The movie is based on the Mumbai underworld. ...
  9. Financial risk is an umbrella term for any risk associated with any form of financing. Typically, in finance, risk is synonymous with downside risk and is intimately related to the shortfall or the difference between the actual return and the expected return (when the actual return is less).
  10. In finance, a futures contract is a standardized contract between two parties to buy or sell a specified asset of standardized quantity and quality at a specified future date at a price agreed today (the futures price). The contracts are traded on a futures exchange. ...
  11. Risk is a strategic board game, produced by Parker Brothers (now a division of Hasbro). It was invented by French film director Albert Lamorisse and originally released in 1957, as La Conquête du Monde ("The Conquest of the World"), in France. Risk is a turn-based game for two to six players. ...
  12. A possible, usually negative, outcome, e.g., a danger; The likelihood of a negative outcome; The potential (conventionally negative) impact of an event, determined by combining the likelihood of the event occurring with the impact should it occur; To incur risk [to something]; To incur risk [ ...
  13. (5.3.2 Risks) Risk can be measured in several ways. First among these is the degree of confidence that U.S. Navy forces can fulfill their mission; i.e., that they can win in a given scenario. ...
  14. (RISKS) Bongosafaris draws your attention to the fact that in any adventure travel there is an element of risk. Booking a safari tour with us signifies your acceptance to travel at your own risk. ...
  15. (RISKS) There are certain inherent risks in adventure travel of the type involved here. These include, but are not limited to, risks of white water rafting, kayaking and rafting (for example dangers of rapidly moving water, rocks and other submerged objects, hypothermia, etc), horseback riding, ...
  16. (Risks) A term used to denote the physical units of property at risk or the object of insurance protection and not Perils or Hazard. Reinsurance by tradition permits each insurance company to frame its own rules for defining units of Risks. ...
  17. (Risks) By attending a Tazopia event, participants and volunteers signify their agreement to assume all risks, including death through negligence, and indemnify Tazopia including its Directors and Members, event organizers, volunteers and other participants, for all legal costs and claims by ...
  18. (Risks) Care must be taken in identifying drugs that may be safely split while still delivering half the dose with the same or similar efficacy. Generally scored pills may be safely split however time release and capsule supplied drugs should not be split. ...
  19. (Risks) Circumstances that put participants in a research study in danger of some kind of harm.
  20. (Risks) Possibilities of loss or injury resulting from a condition or its treatment.
  21. (Risks) Some of the questions may cause discomfort, embarrassment or risks that were not anticipated.
  22. (Risks) The term used to denote the exposure to damages involving human or physical assets.
  23. (Risks) what are the ways the medicine might harm me or my growing baby (fetus)?
  24. Outline the risks identified at the start of the project. Include a quick assessment of the significance of each risk and how to address them.
  25. Exposure to uncertain change, most often used with a negative connotation of adverse change.