What does "risk" mean?

Risk: (Com.) Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property. To run a risk, to incur hazard; to encounter danger. See Danger.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.
  2. 3.To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.

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