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noun
- A possible, usually negative, outcome, e.g., a danger.
- 2006, BBC News website, Farmers warned over skin cancer read at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4764525.stm on 14 May 2006 " There was also a "degree of complacency" that the weather in the country was not good enough to present a health .
- The likelihood of a negative outcome.
- 2006, Trever Ramsey on BBC News website, Exercise 'cuts skin cancer ' read at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4764535.stm on 14 May 2006 " Taking regular exercise, coupled with a healthy diet, reduced the of several types of cancer.
- (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.
- c2002: Decisioneering Inc website, What is ? read at http://www.decisioneering.com/risk-analysis.html on 14 May 2006 " If there is a 25% chance of running over schedule, costing you a $100 out of your own pocket, that might be a you are willing to take. But if you have a 5% chance of running overschedule, knowing that there is a $10,000 penalty, you might be less willing to take that .
verb (risks, risking, risked)
- (transitive) To incur risk to something.
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