Usually means: Engaging in actions despite dangers.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word risk-taking:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. risk-taking: Merriam-Webster
  2. risk-taking: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. risk-taking, risk-taking: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Risk-Taking, Risk-taking, risk-taking: Wordnik
  5. risk-taking: Wiktionary
  6. risk-taking: Dictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. risk-taking: Legal dictionary
  2. Risk-taking: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Risk-taking: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Risk-taking: Medical dictionary

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adjective:  Prone to engaging in risky behaviour or unafraid to do things with uncertain outcomes.
noun:  The practice or tendency of doing things that are risky or have uncertain outcomes.

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