risk

Definition

Examples

Investing all your savings in one company carries a serious risk.

Word Family

Synonyms

• hazarda source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
• dangerthe condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
• perila source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

Collocations

• Easy take a small risk
  to perform, accept, or undertake an action regarding a small risk
• Medium assess investment risks carefully
  to assess investment risks carefully, meaning to evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
• Hard mitigate catastrophic systemic operational risk
  to mitigate catastrophic systemic operational risk, meaning to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
• Very Hard run the risk of grave criminal indictment
  to operate, manage, or execute regarding the risk of grave criminal indictment