risk

• "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"
• "Why risk your life?"
• "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong"

Synonyms

• put on the lineexpose to a chance of loss or damage
• lay on the lineexpose to a chance of loss or damage

• "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

Synonyms

• gambletake a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; play games for money ; money that is risked for possible monetary gain ; a risky act or venture
• chanceoccurring or appearing or singled out by chance; a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; a risk involving danger; a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; the possibility of future success; be the case by chance; take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; come upon, as if by accident
• hazarda source of danger; an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; an obstacle on a golf course ; put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; put at risk; take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
• take chancestake a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
• adventurea wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) ; take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; put at risk
• run a risktake a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
• take a chancetake a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

• "a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune"
• "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"

Synonyms

• hazardput forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; put at risk; take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; a source of danger; an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; an obstacle on a golf course
• jeopardya source of danger
• perilpose a threat to; put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position ; a source of danger; a state of danger involving risk ; a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
• endangermenta source of danger

• "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"
• "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"

Synonyms

• perilpose a threat to; put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position ; a source of danger; a state of danger involving risk ; a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
• dangerthe condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; a cause of pain or injury or loss; a dangerous place

Synonyms

• risk of infectionthe probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred

Synonyms

• risk of exposurethe probability of being exposed to an infectious agent