Webster's English Dictionary

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risk

1. risk \'risk\ n [F risque, fr. It risco] 1: possibility of loss or injury 
   : PERIL  2: a dangerous element or factor  3a1: the chance of loss or the 
   perils to the subject matter of an insurance  contract 3a2: the degree of 
   probability of such loss  3b: a person or thing that is a specified hazard 
   to an insurer {a poor R@ for insurance} 3c: an insurance hazard from a 
   specified cause or source {war ~} 
2. risk \'riskt, nonstand 'rist\ vt or risked;  or risk.ing 1: to expose to 
   hazard or danger  2: to incur the risk or danger of  - risk.er n