to identify risk
1identify — UK US /aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/ verb [T] ► to find and be able to describe someone or something: identify what/which/who »To create an effective advertising campaign you must first identify who your target market is. »A good business recovery service should… …
2Risk analysis (Business) — Risk analysis is a technique to identify and assess factors that may jeopardize the success of a project or achieving a goal. This technique also helps to define preventive measures to reduce the probability of these factors from occurring and… …
3risk assessment — noun A complete description of the safety of something, eg a nuclear plant, to evaluate the likelihood and consequence of any possible accident • • • Main Entry: ↑risk * * * risk assessment UK US noun [countable/uncountable] [singular risk… …
4risk/reward — UK US noun [U] FINANCE ► the possible profit that a particular activity may make, in relation to the risk involved in doing it: »Patience may be needed but the risk/reward balance in that market is favourable. »There are many styles of investing …
5Risk management — For non business risks, see risk, and the disambiguation page risk analysis Example of risk management: A NASA model showing areas at high risk from impact for the International Space Station. Risk management is the identification, assessment,… …
6identify — verb ADVERB ▪ accurately, correctly, rightly ▪ The new test will enable us to identify more accurately patients who are most at risk. ▪ Did you identify all the pictures correctly? ▪ falsely …
7risk — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, enormous, grave, great, high, huge, major, serious, significant …
8Risk analysis (engineering) — This article is about engineering. For other uses, see Risk analysis. Risk analysis is the science of risks and their probability and evaluation. Probabilistic risk assessment is one analysis strategy usually employed in science and engineering.… …
9risk assessment — The identification, analysis, and measurement of *risks relating to an activity or organization. Risk assessment comprises the initial stages of *risk management, and it is one of the five components of effective *internal control identified in… …
10Risk Information Exchange — The Risk Information Exchange (RiskIE) is a free Internet database tracking in progress and recently completed chemical risk assessments and toxicity evaluations. RiskIE was created in 2007 by Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA)… …
