Risk

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1. Noun

Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

2. Noun

Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.

3. Noun

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.

4. Noun

To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.

5. Noun

a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science

6. Verb

expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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