risk

exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance.

It's not worth the risk.

Synonyms:

jeopardy, peril, venture

Insurance.

1. the hazard or chance of loss.

2. the degree of probability of such loss.

3. the amount that the insurance company may lose.

4. a person or thing with reference to the hazard involved in insuring him, her, or it.

5. the type of loss, as life, fire, marine disaster, or earthquake, against which an insurance policy is drawn.

to expose to the chance of injury or loss; hazard.

to risk one's life.

Synonyms:

jeopardize, endanger, imperil

to venture upon; take or run the chance of.

to risk a fall in climbing;

to risk a war.

Synonyms:

chance

the possibility of incurring misfortune or loss; hazard

insurance

1. chance of a loss or other event on which a claim may be filed

2. the type of such an event, such as fire or theft

3. the amount of the claim should such an event occur

4. a person or thing considered with respect to the characteristics that may cause an insured event to occur

1. vulnerable; likely to be lost or damaged

2. social welfare vulnerable to personal damage, to the extent that a welfare agency might take protective responsibility

informal an expression of assent

to proceed in an action without regard to the possibility of danger involved in it