Usually means: Possibility of loss or injury.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. risk: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. risk: Merriam-Webster
  3. risk, risk: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. risk: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. risk: Collins English Dictionary
  6. risk: Vocabulary.com
  7. Risk, risk: Wordnik
  8. risk: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Risk, risk: Wiktionary
  10. risk: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. risk: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. risk: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. risk: Dictionary.com
  14. risk (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. risk: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. RISK (graffiti artist), Risk (Asimov), Risk (Megadeth album), Risk (Paul Brandt album), Risk (Person of Interest), Risk (Terminaator album), Risk (boardgame), Risk (comics), Risk (disambiguation), Risk (game), Risk (magazine), Risk (short story), Risk (statistics), Risk (video game), Risk, Risk, The Risk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Risk: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. risk: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. risk: Rhymezone
  20. risk: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. risk: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. risk: FreeDictionary.org
  23. risk: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. risk: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. risk: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. risk: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. risk: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  4. risk: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  5. risk: Law.com Dictionary
  6. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  8. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  9. Risk: bizterms.net
  10. risk: Glossary of research economics
  11. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  12. Risk: Moneyterms
  13. Risk: Disaster Management
  14. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  15. Risk: Investopedia
  16. risk: Legal dictionary
  17. Risk (Futures), risk: Financial dictionary
  18. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  19. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  20. Yahoo Tax Center Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. risk: Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary
  2. Risk: Cybernetics and Systems
  3. risk: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. risk: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Health insurance (No longer online)
  7. National Immunization Program Glossary (No longer online)
  8. RISK: Vocabulary of Loss: Suicide, Grief, and Ethics
  9. risk: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Ethical Terms (No longer online)
  2. RISK: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. risk: Idioms
  5. risk: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Risk: NRC Glossary of Nuclear Terms --

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. R.I.S.K: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. risked as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
noun:  (uncountable) The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event.
noun:  (uncountable, economics, business and engineering) The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur.
noun:  (countable) A possible adverse event or outcome.
noun:  (insurance) A type of adverse event covered under an insurance policy.
noun:  (countable) A thing (from the perspective of how likely or unlikely it is to cause an adverse effect).
noun:  (banking, finance) A borrower (such as a mortgage-holder or person with a credit card).
noun:  (finance) A financial product (typically an investment).
noun:  (insurance) An entity insured by an insurer.
verb:  (transitive) To incur risk of (an unwanted or negative outcome).
verb:  (transitive) To incur risk of harming or jeopardizing.
verb:  (transitive) To incur risk as a result of (doing something).
noun:  A surname.

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