Risk

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 90

risk, n. hazard: chance of lo or injury.— v.t. to expose to hazard: to venture, to take the chance of.— n. Risk′er , one who risks.— adj. Risk′y , dangerous: venturesome.— Run a risk , to incur hazard. [Fr. risque (It. risico )—Sp. risco , a rock—L. resecāre , to cut off— re- , off, secāre , to cut.]