risk

v. endanger, put in peril, jeopardize

n. danger, peril, hazard; possibility of injury, possibility of harm

@RISK is an add-on software package for Microsoft Excel. Produced and distributed by the Palisade Corporation, headquartered in Ithaca, New York, the package is designed for risk analysis and allows users to define probability distributions and run simulations for input and output variables within an Excel spreadsheet. The product is available in various languages, including English, Spanish, Japanese and German.
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For the Parker Brothers board game, see risk (game)Risk is a concept that denotes a potential negative impact to an asset or some characteristic of value that may arise from some present process or future event. In everyday usage, risk is often used synonymously with the probability of a known loss. Paradoxically, a probable loss can be uncertain and relative in an individual event while having a certainty in the aggregate of multiple events (see risk vs. uncertainty below).
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Risk may refer to:Risk, the variance in expected outcomes, usually in reference to the possibility of negative resultsRisk management, mitigation of risk using managerial resourcesRisk (game), a strategy board game of world conquest"Risk" (Asimov), a 1955 science fiction short story by Isaac AsimovRisky (album), a studio album by japanese band B'zRisk (album), a 1999 album by the metal band MegadethRisk (Terminaator album), a 2001 album by rock band TerminaatorRisk (Paul Brandt album), a 2007 album by country music singer Paul BrandtRisk (comics), a DC comics character and member of the Teen TitansRisk (film), a 2007 Bollywood film directed by Vishram SawantRISKS Digest, an online computer security periodical published by the ACMRisk magazine, a financial magazine covering risk managementRisk technique, a group communication technique that helps to find and mitigate risks of already made decision
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Noun
1. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
(synonym) hazard, jeopardy, peril
(hypernym) danger
(hyponym) occupational hazard
(derivation) put on the line, lay on the line
2. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"
(synonym) peril, danger
(hypernym) venture
(hyponym) chance
(derivation) gamble, chance, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
3. the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
(synonym) risk of infection
(hypernym) probability, chance
4. the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
(synonym) risk of exposure
(hypernym) probability, chance
Verb
1. expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"
(synonym) put on the line, lay on the line
(hypernym) try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
(hyponym) venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize
(derivation) peril, danger
2. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
(synonym) gamble, chance, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
(hypernym) try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
(hyponym) go for broke
(derivation) peril, danger

n. risk, adventure, chance, fear, hazard, jeopardy, venture

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

(n.)
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.
  

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

(n.)
Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.