Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who risks, ventures, or hazards.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who risks or hazards.

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  • noun One who risks or hazards something.

Etymologies

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risk +‎ -er

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Examples

  • And transporting crude in supertankers was even risker than moving it through pipelines.

    Canadian tar sands project carries huge risks, warn environmental activists 2011

  • If hijackers decide they can't get onboard and steer a ship toward a target without detection, they might try to seize a vessel in port — but that would be much risker given the global port security measures in effect in the last decade.

    Oil tanker terror hijacks easy, attacks complex 2011

  • First, the government has proposed new rules that would limit how Citigroup can raise rates for its risker customers, which may drive the bank to try to increase rates before they're restricted any further:

    Citigroup May Reinstate Universal Default - The Consumerist 2008

  • I agree, but the big issue is that things are a bit risker as you are reliant on a 3rd party – the bigger the 3rd party the better, but wonder how smaller service providers will support QoS.

    Scripting News for 9/30/07 « Scripting News Annex 2007

  • The Shamrock deal is risker, but if you take a chance on the idea that he might either score a fluke KO or submission, then this is an easy line to take as well.

    EliteXC: Heat Predictions « the j. botter weblog 2008

  • Increased risk appetite pushed the Japanese yen lower as investors piled into carry trades -- borrowing in lower-yielding yen to invest in higher-return but risker assets in Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere.

    Bank Shares, Currencies Shoot Higher 2008

  • The Food and Drug Administration says studies are too contradictory to tell if Avandia is risker than other diabetes treatments.

    CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2007 2007

  • Easy Forex currency dealer Anthony Botros said the economic data gave the market reasons to be optimistic and buy up risker investments such as the Australian dollar.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • LONDON Aug 1 Reuters - The premium investors demand to hold Italian and Spanish government bonds rather than benchmark German Bunds fell on Monday as risker assets outperformed with the United States nearing an agreement to raise the country's debt ceiling.

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  • A Eurozone stress test for its banking system failed to alleviate rising fears for the region's lenders helping put equity benchmarks under added pressure as investors cut risker positions.

    Forbes.com: News Andrew Wilkinson 2011

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