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What is the noun for risk?

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risk
  1. A possible, usually negative, outcome, e.g., a danger.
  2. The likelihood of a negative outcome.
  3. (Formal use in business, engineering, etc.) The potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event, determined by combining the likelihood of the event occurring with the effect should it occur.
  4. (insurance) An entity insured by an insurer or the specific uncertain events that the insurer underwrites.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “We are choosing not to eat certain types of food because of the risk they pose to our health.”
      “Research has indicated that certain medications may reduce the risk of heart disease.”
riskware
  1. (computing) software that may pose a risk to a computer on which it is installed
risktaker
  1. A person who takes risk, especially to reap the benefits if the feared event does not happen.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The child could also be outgoing, a risktaker, prepared to do things outside the peer group.”
      “He is a risktaker who is going to change the culture of city government.”
      “Lipstick Killers Collection is a line is designed for the fierce and fearless woman, a risktaker, and hustler.”
risker
riskiness
  1. The characteristic of being risky.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Jenny's decision to ride her bike without a helmet clearly exemplified the riskiness of her behavior.”
      “More savers and money managers now believe that, in the long run, the return on stocks is higher and the riskiness of stocks is lower than bonds.”
      “They delight in outfoxing people, or seducing them, and they love the riskiness of rule-breaking.”
riskfulness
  1. (archaic) riskiness
risktakers
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