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11Risk 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,… …
12risk management — Controlling the probability, and/or the severity, of a potential adverse event so that the consequences of that event are within acceptable limits. Since all risks have, by definition, the potential to generate losses, and since capital is the… …
13risk management — noun The process of determining the maximum acceptable level of overall risk to and from a proposed activity, then using risk assessment techniques to determine the initial level of risk and, if this is excessive, developing a strategy to… …
14risk minimization — A *risk management technique that reduces the likelihood of occurrence of a *risk or reduces the potential impact of a *risk. If a risk has been managed to acceptable levels of *residual risk, the incremental costs of attempting *risk elimination …
15acceptable — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove, seem ▪ become ▪ make sth ▪ an attempt to make the reforms acceptable to both sides ▪ …
16Risk premium — A risk premium is the minimum amount of money by which the expected return on a risky asset must exceed the known return on a risk free asset, in order to induce an individual to hold the risky asset rather than the risk free asset. Thus it is… …
17Acceptable quality limit — The acceptable quality limit (AQL) is the worst tolerable process average in percentage or ratio, that is still considered acceptable: that is, it is at an acceptable quality level.[1] Closely related terms are the rejectable quality limit and… …
18acceptable — ac|cept|a|ble [ ək septəbl ] adjective ** 1. ) considered by most people as reasonable or as being something that can be allowed: socially/politically/morally acceptable: Pollution on this level is no longer socially acceptable. acceptable to:… …
19acceptable */*/ — UK [əkˈseptəb(ə)l] / US adjective 1) considered by most people to be reasonable or to be something that can be allowed socially/politically/morally acceptable: Pollution on this level is no longer socially acceptable. acceptable to: The proposals …
20Risk management — The process of identifying and evaluating risks and selecting and managing techniques to adapt to risk exposures. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * risk management risk management ➔ management * * * Risk management is a middle office …
