risk

Etymology
From earlier, from , from (modern 🇨🇬) and. Displaced native and.

Most dictionaries consider the etymology of these Italian terms uncertain, but some suggest they perhaps come from (> 🇨🇬), from, in the sense of that which is a danger to boating or shipping; or from.

A few dictionaries express more certainty. Collins says the Italian comes from  due to the hazards of sailing along rocky coasts. The American Heritage says it probably comes from, from , from , from , from , from , from.

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Noun

 * 1)  The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
 * 2) * 2006, Trever Ramsey on BBC News website, Exercise 'cuts skin cancer risk' read at on 14 May 2006
 * 3)  The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event.
 * 4)  The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur.
 * 5) * 2002, Decisioneering Inc website, What is risk? read at on 14 May 2006
 * If there is a 25% chance of running over schedule, costing you a $100 out of your own pocket, that might be a risk you are willing to take. But if you have a 5% chance of running overschedule, knowing that there is a $10,000 penalty, you might be less willing to take that risk.
 * 1)  A possible adverse event or outcome.
 * 2)  A type of adverse event covered under an insurance policy.
 * 3)  A thing (from the perspective of how likely or unlikely it is to cause an adverse effect).
 * 4) * 2006, BBC News website, Farmers warned over skin cancer read at on 14 May 2006
 * There was also a "degree of complacency" that the weather in the country was not good enough to present a health risk.
 * 1)  A borrower (such as a mortgage-holder or person with a credit card).
 * 2)  A financial product (typically an investment).
 * 3)  An entity insured by an insurer.
 * 1)  A type of adverse event covered under an insurance policy.
 * 2)  A thing (from the perspective of how likely or unlikely it is to cause an adverse effect).
 * 3) * 2006, BBC News website, Farmers warned over skin cancer read at on 14 May 2006
 * There was also a "degree of complacency" that the weather in the country was not good enough to present a health risk.
 * 1)  A borrower (such as a mortgage-holder or person with a credit card).
 * 2)  A financial product (typically an investment).
 * 3)  An entity insured by an insurer.
 * There was also a "degree of complacency" that the weather in the country was not good enough to present a health risk.
 * 1)  A borrower (such as a mortgage-holder or person with a credit card).
 * 2)  A financial product (typically an investment).
 * 3)  An entity insured by an insurer.
 * 1)  An entity insured by an insurer.
 * 1)  An entity insured by an insurer.

Usage notes
When referring to some possible cause of an adverse effect as "a risk", the default position is that one is referring to how likely it is to cause an adverse effect. Such use is qualified with adjectives that refer to magnitude, such as "major", "large" or "tiny". However, adjectives that refer to quality (such as "good" or "undesirable") indicate that one is referring to how unlikely the adverse effect is, and this usage is invariably restricted to monetary contexts. On the other hand, the former sense may be used in any context (including monetary risks). In academic finance, risk is associated with the variance of the expected outcome, and not with the probability of outcomes (see Black-Scholes)

Hyponyms

 * variance, standard deviation, downside beta

Translations

 * Afrikaans: risiko
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مُخَاطَرة, مُجَازَفَة, خَطَر
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: ры́зыка
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:, စွန့်စားခြင်း
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: risko
 * Estonian: riisiko
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: riscjo
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: რისკი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:, סכון
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: тәуекел
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, 리스크
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, ,
 * Kyrgyz:, тобокелдик, риск
 * Lao: ຄວາມສ່ຽງ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: ризик
 * Malay: risiko
 * Maori: tūraru
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠡᠷᠦᠰᠳᠡᠯ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: risiko,
 * Nynorsk: risiko, risk
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: pleoh
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:, ,
 * Plautdietsch: Jefoa
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cunnart
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: рѝзик
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: riziko
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: ,
 * Thai:, ,
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: töwekgelçilik, risk
 * Ukrainian: ри́зик
 * Urdu: جوکھم
 * Uyghur: خەۋپ, خەتەر
 * Uzbek:, , ,
 * Venetian: ris-cio, rixego
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon:


 * Afrikaans: risiko
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:, 리스크
 * Maori: tūraru
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: risiko,
 * Nynorsk: risiko, risk
 * Old English: pleoh
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: рѝзик, опа́сно̄ст
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: riziko
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Walloon:


 * Afrikaans: risiko
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ហានិយភ័យ,
 * Maori: tūraru
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: risiko,
 * Nynorsk: risiko, risk
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cunnart
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Slovak: riziko
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:


 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:
 * Spanish: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To incur risk of (an unwanted or negative outcome).
 * 2) * 2006, Transportation Alternatives website, Rail delays as thieves cut power read at on 14 May 2006
 * These people are putting themselves in danger by physically being on or near to the railway lines and risking serious injury.
 * 1)  To incur risk of harming or jeopardizing.
 * 2) * 2006, BBC Sport website, Beckham wary over Rooney comeback read at on 14 May 2006
 * England captain David Beckham has warned Wayne Rooney not to risk his long-term future by rushing his return from injury.
 * 1)  To incur risk as a result of (doing something).
 * 2) * 1999, BBC News website, Volunteer of the Month: Andrew Hay McConnell read at on 14 May 2006
 * After coming to New York, I decided to risk cycling again.

Usage notes

 * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: risico nemen,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:, , , , θέτω σε κίνδυνο
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Maori: whakamōrearea, whakamōrea
 * Norman: ristchi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: risikere
 * Nynorsk: risikere
 * Persian: به خطر انداختن
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, pôr em risco
 * Romanian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: riske atmak, tehlikeye atmak


 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: risico nemen,
 * Finnish: ottaa riski
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: διατρέχω τον κίνδυνο,
 * Latin:
 * Persian:, دل به دریا زدن, ریسک کردن
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: risico nemen,
 * Finnish: ottaa riski
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Latin:
 * Persian:, دل به دریا زدن, ریسک کردن
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Thai:
 * Tày: ảo màn


 * Dutch: ,
 * German:
 * Interlingua:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,

Etymology
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Etymology
From. .

Noun

 * 1)  (all senses)