risk

• WordNet 3.6
  • v risk take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
  • v risk 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"
  • n risk 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"
  • n risk the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
  • n risk the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
  • n risk a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
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• Interesting fact: The risk of cardiovascular disease is twice as high in women that snore regularly compared to women who do not snore
• • Risk (Com) Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.
  • Risk Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction. "The imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves."
  • Risk 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.
  • Risk To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.
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• Interesting fact: Research has indicated that a tie that is on too tight can increase the risk of glaucoma in men
• • n risk Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to mischance or harm; venture: as, at the risk of one's life; at the risk of contagion. Common in the phrase to run a (the) risk, to incur hazard; take the chance of failure or disaster.
  • n risk In com.: The hazard of loss of ship, goods, or other property.
  • n risk The degree of hazard or danger upon which the premiums of insurance are calculated.
  • n risk Hence, by extension, insurance obligation: as, our company has no risks in that city. Synonyms Exposure, Venture, Risk, Hazard, jeopardy, peril. The first four words are in the order of strength. They imply voluntary action more often than danger, etc. (see danger): as, he ran a great risk; it was a bold venture, involving the exposure of his health and the hazard of his fortunes. They generally imply also that the chances are unfavorable rather than favorable. Exposure is, literally, a putting out, as into a dangerous place; the word is geuerally followed by that to which one is exposed: as, exposure to attack.
  • risk To hazard; expose to the chance of injury or loss.
  • risk To venture upon; take the chances of: as, to risk a surgical operation.
  • risk Synonyms To peril, jeopard, stake. See risk, n.
  • n risk Same as reesk and risp.
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• Interesting fact: People who meet their calcium need reduce their risk of developing kidney stones
• • n Risk risk hazard: chance of loss or injury
  • v.t Risk to expose to hazard: to venture, to take the chance of
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• Millard Drexler

  

  “You can't run a business without taking risks.”
• Herodotus

  

  “Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.”
• Trammell Crow

  

  “There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.”
• Muhammad Ali

  

  “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”
• Warren Buffett

  

  “Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.”
• Pierre Corneille

  

  “To win without risk is to triumph without glory.”

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