Lexic.us

Definition of Risk

1. Noun. A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune. "Drinking alcohol is a health hazard"

2. Verb. Expose to a chance of loss or damage. "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong"

3. Noun. A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury. "There was a danger he would do the wrong thing"

4. Verb. Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome. "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

5. Noun. The probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred.

6. Noun. The probability of being exposed to an infectious agent.

Definition of Risk

1. n. Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

2. v. t. 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.

Definition of Risk

1. Noun. A possible, usually negative, outcome, e.g., a danger. ¹

2. Noun. The likelihood of a negative outcome. ¹

3. Noun. (qualifier Formal use in business, engineering, etc.) The potential (conventionally negative) impact of an event, determined by combining the likelihood of the event occurring with the impact should it occur. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To incur risk [to something]. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To incur risk [of something]. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To incur risk [by something]. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Risk

1. to expose to a risk (a chance of injury or loss) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Risk

1. The probability that an event will occur. It encompasses a variety of measures of the probability of a generally unfavorable outcome. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Risk

risibilities risibility risibles risibly rising rising action rising damp rising prices rising slope rising star

rising tide rising trot rising up risings risk (current term) risk-free risk-taking risk appetite risk arbitrage risk benefit

risk capital risk equalisation risk factor risk factors risk management risk of exposure risk of infection risk of recurrence

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