Meaning of risk in English

run the risk of doing sth Few IFAs are prepared to run the risk of advising a client to switch out of equities and into bonds and cash in case they get their timing wrong.

spread your risk(s)

FINANCE

to reduce the chance of losing money by making several different types of investments:

While some shares in the fund may be falling in price, others could be rising, helping to spread your risk.

Unit trusts let small investors spread their risks by investing in a wide range of gilts.

take a risk

to do something that might be harmful or dangerous:

The company thrived after taking a risk and selling its TV business.

take the risk of doing sth Over the past three months, investors who have taken the risk of investing in smaller companies have had a rough ride.

Examples of risk

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But far too often there is risk of serious direct harm when a rigorous assessment of benefits and harms is undertaken.

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On the other hand, organic production techniques, particularly crop rotation, can reduce risk in the longer term.

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Correspondingly, men and women with the greatest burden of childcare responsibilities had increased risk of psychological distress, but this risk was significantly greater for men.

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As regards psychological distress, no association was found with decision latitude, while conflicts at work increased the risk of psychological distress.

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These observations suggest that identifying the risk and protective factors that may alter individual trajectories is of significance.

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In each case, however, risk returned to baseline in little more than a decade.

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As a result, the realworld risk of physical demonstration was reduced.

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Could the polity sustain pockets of autonomy in key border regions without risking the destabilisation of its interior?

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But many physicians have refused these incentives because of the risk of control of their practice.

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Psychologists risk a similar confusion in formulating principles taken to govern mental representations.

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This low diversification represents substantial risk exposure to participants.

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The morbid risk represents the percentage of family members who develop the specific disorder.

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The risk for depression was increased in participants who reported a previous poor pregnancy outcome.

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Delayed settlement introduces credit risk-one of the parties may default.

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In contrast, women with initially low levels that recovered through the course of pregnancy had children at less risk of later impairment.

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Collocations with risk

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absolute risk

Thus, even though the absolute fracture rates were higher in the older group, both relative and absolute risk reductions were less, and not statistically significant.

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actual risk

The actual risk for urban populations is still unknown.

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added risk

In fact, rather than serving as a protective factor, a positive but unrealistic view of self may be an added risk factor for aggressive children.

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