From en.wiktionary.org:
[Risk]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
From earlier [en], from [en], from [en] (modern [it]) and [it]. Displaced
native [ang] and [ang]. [2] Most dictionaries consider the etymology of these
Italian terms uncertain, but some suggest they perhaps come from [en] (>
[ML.]), from [en], in the sense of that which is a danger to boating or
shipping; or from [en].
A few dictionaries express more certainty. Collins says the Italian [it]
comes from [en] due to the hazards of sailing along rocky coasts. The
American Heritage says it probably comes from [en], from [en], from [en], from
[en], from [en], from [en], from [en].
Cognate with [es], [pt] [col-bottom]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en] [rare dialect]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. [en] The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
2. * [en]
3. * 2006 , Trever Ramsey on _BBC News_ website, _Exercise 'cuts skin cancer RISK ' _ read at see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4764535..stm on 14 May 2006
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. [en] The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event.
7. * [en]
8. * [en]
9. * [en]
10. [en] The potential negative effect of an event , determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur .
11. * 2002 , Decisioneering Inc website, _What is RISK ?_ read at see http://www.decisioneering.com/risk-analysis.html on 14 May 2006
12. *: 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 .
13. [en] A possible adverse event or outcome .
1. [en] A type of adverse event covered under an insurance policy.
14. * [chapter=7]
15. [en] A thing (from the perspective of how likely or unlikely it is to cause an adverse effect).
16. * 2006 , _BBC News_ website, _Farmers warned over skin cancer_ read at see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4764525.stm on 14 May 2006
17. *: There was also a "degree of complacency" that the weather in the country was not good enough to present a health RISK .
1. [en] A borrower (such as a mortgage -holder or person with a credit card ).
2. [en] A financial product (typically an investment ).
3. [en] An entity insure d 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 <u>likely</u> 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 <u>unlikely</u> 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
- [formal business and engineering] variance , standard deviation , downside beta
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en |assigned risk |at risk |market risk |credit risk|extreme risk
law|extreme risk protection order|risk profile|run a risk |currency risk
|high-risk|assumption of risk |low-risk|country risk |operational risk
|political risk |financial risk |residual risk |health risk |inflation
risk|risk factor |risk management|key man risk|on risk
|risk-assess,risk-assessed |risk assessment |risk analysis |risk aversion
|risk-free |at one's own risk|at the risk of|businessman's risk|calculated
risk|diversifiable risk|exchange rate risk|existential risk|external
risk|flight risk|foreign exchange risk|funding liquidity risk|FX risk|key
person risk|non-diversifiable risk|nondiversifiable risk|risk appetite|risk
capital|risk equalisation|risk premium|risk society|risk universe|risk
visualization|risk-averse|risk-aversity|risk-off|risk-on|risk-taking|run the
risk|seismic risk|specific risk|systematic risk|tail risk|take a
risk|undiversifiable risk|unsystematic risk|X-risk|x-risk}}
**** Translations
[possible, usually negative, outcome]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Azerbaijani: [az] , [az]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bengali: [bn]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my] , [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Haitian Creole: [ht]
- Hebrew: [he] , [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky] , [ky] , [ky]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maori: [mi]
- Marathi: [mr] , [mr]
- Mongolian:
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Old English: [ang]
- Pashto: [ps]
- Persian:
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg] , [tg] , [tg]
- Thai: [th] , [th] , [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk] , [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur] , [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug] , [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz] , [uz] , [uz]
- Venetan: [vec] , [vec]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Walloon: [wa]
[trans-bottom]
[likelihood of a negative outcome]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Ido: [io]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian:
- Old English: [ang]
- Persian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Walloon: [wa]
[trans-bottom]
[business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Khmer: [km] , [km]
- Maori: [mi]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Thai: [th]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- French: [fr]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Italian: [it]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To incur risk of (an unwanted or negative outcome).
2. * 2006 , _Transportation Alternatives_ website, _Rail delays as thieves cut power_ read at see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4972476.stm on 14 May 2006
3. *: These people are putting themselves in danger by physically being on or near to the railway lines and RISKING serious injury.
4. [en] To incur risk of harm ing or jeopardizing .
5. * 2006 , BBC Sport website, _Beckham wary over Rooney comeback_ read at see http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/england/4769433.stm on 14 May 2006
6. *: England captain David Beckham has warned Wayne Rooney not to RISK his long-term future by rushing his return from injury.
7. [en] To incur risk as a result of (doing something).
8. * [en]
9. * 1999 , _BBC News_ website, _Volunteer of the Month: Andrew Hay McConnell_ read at see https://web.archive.org/web/20060221081946/http://www.transalt.org/press/magazine/994Summer/12volunteer.html on 14 May 2006
10. *: 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
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[to incur risk to something]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el] , [el] , [el] , [el]
- Italian: [it]
- Latin: [la]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Norwegian:
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] [United States] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[to incur risk of something]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Latin: [la]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] [intransitive]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Thai: [th]
[trans-bottom]
[to incur risk by something]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Latin: [la]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] [intransitive]
- Thai: [th]
- Tày: [tyz]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- German: [de]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
*** See also
- [en] , [en]
*** Further reading
- [Risk]
- [R:OneLook]
- [R:Keywords 21st]
- [R:Century 1911]
- [pedia]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Czech
*** Pronunciation
- [cs-IPA]
- [cs]
- [cs]
*** Noun
[m-in]
1. [cs] [en]
**** Declension
[m]
**** Related terms
[cs]
*** Further reading
- [R:cs:PSJC]
- [R:cs:SSJC]
- [R:cs:ASCS]
** Swedish
*** Etymology
[sv].
*** Pronunciation
- [sv]
- [sv]
*** Noun
[sv]
1. [en]
**** Declension
[sv-infl-noun-c-er]
**** Derived terms
{{col|sv |rasrisk |på egen risk |riskfaktor |riskfylld |riskkapitalist
|riskvillig |säkerhetsrisk }}
**** Related terms
- [sv]
*** Anagrams
- [sv]
** Turkish
*** Etymology
From [tr]. [tr].
*** Pronunciation
- [tr]
*** Noun
[i]
1. [en] (all senses)
**** Declension
[i]