<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.</li><li>Synonyms: jeopardy, peril, venture</li><li>Insurance: the hazard or chance of loss.</li><li>the degree of probability of such loss.</li><li>the amount that the insurance company may lose.</li><li>a person or thing with reference to the hazard involved in insuring him, her, or it.</li><li>the type of loss, as life, fire, marine disaster, or earthquake, against which an insurance policy is drawn.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to expose to the chance of injury or loss; hazard: to risk one's life.</li><li>Synonyms: jeopardize, endanger, imperil</li><li>to venture upon; take or run the chance of: to risk a fall in climbing; to risk a war.</li><li>Synonyms: chance</li></ul>