RISK
\ɹˈɪsk], \ɹˈɪsk], \ɹ_ˈɪ_s_k]\
Definitions of RISK
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a source of danger; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
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expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"
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the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
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the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
By Princeton University
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Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.
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Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.
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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.
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To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.
By Oddity Software
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Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.
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Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.
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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.
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To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.
By Noah Webster.
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The probability that an event will occur. It encompasses a variety of measures of the probability of a generally unfavorable outcome.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Possibility of loss or injury; peril; danger.
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To expose to danger or peril; as, to risk one's life; to take the chances on; as, to risk a battle.
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Risker.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. In life insurance, the company's obligation assumed in the policy contract. 2. An insured person or an applicant for life insurance.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
