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  1. noun The possibility of suffering harm or loss; danger.
  2. noun A factor, thing, element, or course involving uncertain danger; a hazard: "the usual risks of the desert: rattlesnakes, the heat, and lack of water” (Frank Clancy).
  3. noun The danger or probability of loss to an insurer.
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  • 'They need greater insight into risk exposure to be able to understand what IT systems carry risk, what the implications of the risk are and what kind of mitigation measures are needed.
  • Norman Swan: And it's what we call relative risk, it doesn't tell you what your risk is as an individual?
  • Evictions stink, but I don't see any evidence that forcing banks to take on clients they see as a risk is an effective policy to deal with it. —  Worcester Indymedia
  • The dementia risk was also 50\% lower for people who were outgoing and calm compared to those who were outgoing and prone to distress. —  بالاترین
  • Adding to the risk is the fact few of today's managers have experienced a severe business downturn and don't know how to retool to remain economically viable in the current market, according to
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cost ·  danger ·  result ·  loss ·  investment ·  problem ·  factor ·  exposure ·  amount

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risk:   risks ·  risked ·  risking
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. French risque, from Italian risco, rischio.

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  1. Formerly also risque; from Old French risque, French risque = Provencal rezegue = Spanish riesgo = Portuguese risco = Italian risico (later D. G. Swedish Danish risiko), formerly also risigo, dial. resega (Middle Latin risigus, riscus), risk, hazard, peril, danger; perhaps orig. Spanish, from Spanish risco, a steep, abrupt rock, = Portuguese risco, a rock, crag (cf. Italian risega, feminine, a jutting out) (hence the verb, Spanish arriesgar, formerly arriscar, venture into danger (past participle arriscado, bold, forward), = Italian arrischiarsi, risk (past participle arrischiato, hazardous)); from the verb represented by Italian resegare, risecare, cut off, = Provencal resega, cut off, = Portuguese riscar, erase, from Latin resecare, cut off, from re-, back, + secare, cut: see secant.
  2. Formerly risque; from Old French (and F.) risquer, risk; cf. Spanish arriesgar, formerly arriscar, venture into danger, = Portuguese arriscar = Italian arrischiare, run a risk; from the noun: see risk, n.
 

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