risk

  1. Noun.  A possible, usually negative, outcome, e.g., a danger.
  2. Noun.  The likelihood of a negative outcome.
  3. Noun.  (italbrac, Formal use in business, engineering, etc.) The potential (conventionally negative) impact of an event, determined by combining the likelihood of the event occurring with the impact should it occur.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To incur risk [to something].
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To incur risk [of something].
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To incur risk [by something].

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