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risk

noun
/ɹɪsk/

Etymology

From earlier risque, from Middle French risque, from Old Italian risco (“risk”) (modern Italian rischio) and rischiare (“to run into danger”). Displaced native Old English pleoh (“risk”) and plēon (“to risk”). speculation on earlier roots Most dictionaries consider the etymology of these Italian terms uncertain, but some suggest they perhaps come from Vulgar Latin *resecum (“that which cuts, rock, crag”) (> Medieval Latin resicu), from Latin resecō (“cut off, loose, curtail”, verb), in the sense of that which is a danger to boating or shipping; or from Ancient Greek ῥιζικόν (rhizikón, “root, radical, hazard”). A few dictionaries express more certainty. Collins says the Italian risco comes from Ancient Greek ῥίζα (rhíza, “cliff”) due to the hazards of sailing along rocky coasts. The American Heritage says it probably comes from Byzantine Greek ῥιζικό, ριζικό (rhizikó, rizikó, “sustenance obtained by a soldier through his own initiative, fortune”), from Arabic رِزْق (rizq, “sustenance, that which God allots”), from Classical Syriac ܪܘܙܝܩܐ ,ܪܙܩܐ (rezqā, rōzīqā, “daily ration”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (rōčig), from Middle Persian [script needed] (rōč, “day”), from Old Persian [script needed] (*raučah-), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Karla Mallette derives the word from Arabic رِزْق (rizq, “sustenance, that which God allots”) via Sabir. Cognate with Spanish riesgo, Portuguese risco

  1. derived from *lewk-✻
  2. derived from ܪܙܩܐ — “daily ration”
  3. derived from رِزْق — “sustenance, that which God allots”
  4. derived from ῥιζικό — “sustenance obtained by a soldier through his own initiative, fortune”
  5. derived from ῥιζικόν
  6. derived from resecō
  7. derived from *resecum✻
  8. derived from risco — “risk”
  9. borrowed from risque

Definitions

  1. The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.

    • There is risk of being brutalized, arrested, imprisoned and tortured, all because I want you to know the truth about this matter.
    • What crop(s) to plant, how much area to devote to each crop, and how much risk to take with respect to rainfall during the season are some of the decisions that must be made.
    • 2006, Trever Ramsey on BBC News website, Exercise 'cuts skin cancer risk' read at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4764535.stm on 14 May 2006

  2. The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event.

    • Will they find the prospect of greater risk a cause for concern, rather than a gift from the right?
    • The decision was also unlawful in disregarding the prospect of greater risk of sexual or physical abuse to girls at a co-educational residential school
    • SEAC acknowledged that their recommendation was a somewhat uneasy compromise between the desire to protect the public from a small chance of a big risk and the desire not to ruin an industry, probably unnecessarily.

  3. The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of…

    The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A possible adverse event or outcome.

      • the imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves

    2. A thing (from the perspective of how likely or unlikely it is to cause an adverse effect).

      • That man is going to be a big risk once he's out of prison.
      • Those stairs are a major risk.
      • There was also a "degree of complacency" that the weather in the country was not good enough to present a health risk.

    3. To incur risk of (an unwanted or negative outcome).

      • These people are putting themselves in danger by physically being on or near to the railway lines and risking serious injury.

    4. To incur risk of harming or jeopardizing.

      • England captain David Beckham has warned Wayne Rooney not to risk his long-term future by rushing his return from injury.

    5. To incur risk as a result of (doing something).

      • Because of the wide range of styles on this album, it's hard to pin down the genre. I will risk suggesting folk-rock in an effort to be helpful.
      • After coming to New York, I decided to risk cycling again.

    6. A surname.

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Derived

assigned risk, assumption of risk, at any risk, at one's own risk, at one's risk, at risk, at the risk of, businessman's risk, calculated risk, country risk, credit risk, currency risk, cyberrisk, derisk, diversifiable risk, exchange rate risk, existential risk, external risk, extreme risk law, extreme risk protection order, financial risk, flight risk, foreign exchange risk, funding liquidity risk, FX risk, georisk, health risk, high-risk, inflation risk, key man risk, key person risk, low-risk, market risk, multirisk, nondiversifiable risk, non-diversifiable risk, nonrisk, on risk, operational risk, political risk · +55 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at risk. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at risk. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at risk

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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