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Definition of Risk
Risk

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

Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.

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.

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

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Risk Quotations

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Anais Nin

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Albert Einstein

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.
George Bernard Shaw

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.
Winston Churchill

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
T. S. Eliot

Risk Translations

risk in Danish is riskere, risiko
risk in Dutch is kans lopen, op het spel zetten
risk in Finnish is vaarantaa
risk in German is Risiko, Wagnis, Risiko, riskieren, wagen
risk in Italian is rischiare, rischio
risk in Latin is periculum
risk in Norwegian is risiko
risk in Portuguese is risco
risk in Spanish is riesgo, arriesgar


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