risk
Pronunciation: /ɹɪsk/
The English word “risk” has 12 meanings listed here.
noun
- The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
- The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event.
- The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur.
- A possible adverse event or outcome.
- A type of adverse event covered under an insurance policy.
- A thing (from the perspective of how likely or unlikely it is to cause an adverse effect).
- A borrower (such as a mortgage-holder or person with a credit card).
- A financial product (typically an investment).
- An entity insured by an insurer.
verb
Etymology
From earlier risque, from Middle French risque, from Old Italian risco (“risk”) (modern Italian rischio) and rischiare (“to run into danger”). Displaced native Old English pleoh (“risk”) and plēon (“to risk”). Speculation on earlier roots Most dictionaries consider the etymology of these Italian terms uncertain, but some suggest they perhaps come from Vulgar Latin *resecum (“that which cuts,…
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