to expose to risk or danger
1risk — n 1 a: possibility of loss or injury b: liability for loss or injury if it occurs the risk of loss passes to the buyer when the goods are duly delivered to the carrier Uniform Commercial Code the risk of personal injury and property damage should …
2risk — [risk] n. [Fr risque < It risco, risico < risicare, to risk < VL * risicare] 1. the chance of injury, damage, or loss; dangerous chance; hazard 2. Insurance a) the chance of loss b) the degree of probability of loss c) the amount of… …
3Risk — Risk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Risked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Risking}.] [CF. F. risquer. See {Risk}, n.] 1. 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… …
4expose — [v1] reveal advertise, air, bare, betray, brandish, bring to light*, broadcast, crack, debunk, denude, dig up*, disclose, display, disport, divulge, exhibit, feature, flash, flaunt, give away, lay bare*, lay open*, leak, let cat out of bag*, let… …
5risk — n. & v. n. 1 a chance or possibility of danger, loss, injury, or other adverse consequences (a health risk; a risk of fire). 2 a person or thing causing a risk or regarded in relation to risk (is a poor risk). v.tr. 1 expose to risk. 2 accept the …
6risk — I. noun Etymology: French risque, from Italian risco Date: circa 1661 1. possibility of loss or injury ; peril 2. someone or something that creates or suggests a hazard 3. a. the chance of loss or the perils to the subject matter of an insurance… …
7risk — ► NOUN 1) a situation involving exposure to danger. 2) the possibility that something unpleasant will happen. 3) a person or thing causing a risk or regarded in relation to risk: a fire risk. ► VERB 1) expose to danger or loss. 2) act in such a… …
8expose — ex·pose vt ex·posed, ex·pos·ing 1: to subject to risk from a harmful action or condition: as a: to make (one) open to liability or financial loss b: to leave (a child) uncared for and lacking shelter from the elements 2: to cause to be visible or …
9risk — [n] chance taken accident, contingency, danger, exposedness, exposure, flyer*, fortuity, fortune, gamble, hazard, header, jeopardy, liability, liableness, luck, openness, opportunity, peril, plunge, possibility, prospect, shot in the dark*,… …
10risk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. chance, venture, hazard, gamble, jeopardize; invest. See danger, rashness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Danger] Syn. hazard, peril, jeopardy; see danger . 2. [The basis of a chance] Syn. chance, gamble,… …