risk
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
risk/rɪsk/
▶noun
- 1 a situation involving exposure to danger.
■ the possibility that something unpleasant will happen.
- 2 a person or thing causing a risk or regarded in relation to risk: a fire risk.
■ act in such a way as to incur the risk of.
■ incur risk by engaging in (an action).
– phrases
at one's (own) risk taking responsibility for one's own safety or possessions.
run (or take) a risk (or risks) expose oneself to the possibility of something unpleasant occurring.
at one's (own) risk taking responsibility for one's own safety or possessions.
run (or take) a risk (or risks) expose oneself to the possibility of something unpleasant occurring.
– origin C17: from Fr. risque (n.), risquer (v.), from Ital. risco ‘danger’ and rischiare ‘run into danger’.
'risk' also found in these Oxford entries:
afford
- asbestosis
- atheroma
- bet
- beta
- biohazard
- block
- broke
- chance
- court
- critical
- dare
- Davy lamp
- endanger
- endangered
- expose
- exposure
- fear
- flirt
- good
- hazard
- imperil
- jeopardize
- junk bond
- lay
- life
- line
- loading
- margin
- minimax
- nap
- nitrox
- occupational hazard
- overwrite
- peril
- perilous
- popping crease
- privilege
- push
- reinsure
- risk capital
- risky
- risqué
- safe
- safety lamp
- safety razor
- serious
- shield
- speculate
