Etymology : French risque, from Italian risco
Pronunciation : 'risk
Function : noun
Date : circa 1661
1. risk. adventure. chance. fear. hazard. jeopardy. venture.
2. danger, peril, hazard; possibility of injury, possibility of harm. endanger, put in peril, jeopardize. riskrisky venture a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) [syn: adventure, escapade, dangerous undertaking].
3. chance. risk.
4. Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.
5. Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.
6. 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.
7. To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle. 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" the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?".
8. risk, adventure, chance, fear, hazard, jeopardy, venture. risk riziko. ,-ki risk. hazard.
9. risk. adventure. jeopardy.
10. 1. If there is a risk of something unpleasant, there is a possibility that it will happen. There is a small risk of brain damage from the procedure In all the confusion, there's a serious risk that the main issues will be forgotten.
11. If something that you do is a risk, it might have unpleasant or undesirable results. You're taking a big risk showing this to Kravis.
12. If you say that something or someone is a risk, you mean they are likely to cause harm. It's being overfat that constitutes a health risk The restaurant has been refurbished -- it was found to be a fire risk.
13. If you are considered a good risk, a bank or shop thinks that it is safe to lend you money or let you have goods without paying for them at the time. Before providing the cash, they will have to decide whether you are a good or bad risk.
14. If you risk something unpleasant, you do something which might result in that thing happening or affecting you. Those who fail to register risk severe penalties.
15. If you risk doing something, you do it, even though you know that it might have undesirable consequences. The captain was not willing to risk taking his ship through the straits in such bad weather.
16. If you risk your life or something else important, you behave in a way that might result in it being lost or harmed. She risked her own life to help a disabled woman.
17. To be at risk means to be in a situation where something unpleasant might happen. Up to 25,000 jobs are still at risk.
18. If you do something at the risk of something unpleasant happening, you do it even though you know that the unpleasant thing might happen as a result. At the risk of being repetitive, I will say again that statistics are only a guide.
19. If you tell someone that they are doing something at their own risk, you are warning them that, if they are harmed, it will be their own responsibility. Those who wish to come here will do so at their own risk.
20. If you run the risk of doing or experiencing something undesirable, you do something knowing that the undesirable thing might happen as a result. The officers had run the risk of being dismissed.
21. to risk your neck: see:
neck. In economics and finance, an allowance for the hazard (risk) in an investment or loan. Default risk refers to the chance that a borrower will not repay a loan. If a banker believes that a borrower may not repay a loan, the banker will charge the true interest plus a premium for the default risk, the premium depending on the degree of presumed risk. All stock investment carries an implicit risk since there is no guarantee of return on investment. Trading or variability risk is the amount that the return may vary, up or down, from the expected return on investment.