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riskIn economics and finance, an allowance for the hazard (risk) in an investment or loan. Default risk refers to the chance that a borrower will not repay a loan. If a banker believes that a borrower may not repay a loan, the banker will charge the true interest plus a premium for the default risk, the premium depending on the degree of presumed risk. All stock investment carries an implicit risk since there is no guarantee of return on investment. Trading or variability risk is the amount that the return may vary, up or down, from the expected return on investment. riskThe expectation of loss. It is a function of the probability and the consequences of harm. See risk assessment. risk at risk a. Social welfare vulnerable to personal damage, to the extent that a welfare agency might take protective responsibility risk [risk] (engineering) The potential realization of undesirable consequences from hazards arising from a possible event. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I am willing to run the risk--for I take it there would be no slight risk in the doing. `The peculiar risk lay in the possibility of my finding some substance in the space which I, or the machine, occupied. Travers was simply a vain little woman of the world, perfectly capable of taking care of herself, and heartless enough to flirt all day long, if she chose, without any risk, so far as she was concerned. |
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