Main Entry: risk
Pronunciation: ‘risk
Function: noun
Etymology: French risque, from Italian risco 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 contract; also : the degree of probability of such loss b : a person or thing that is a specified hazard to an insurer “a poor risk for insurance” c : an insurance hazard from a specified cause or source “war risk” 4 : the chance that an investment (as a stock or commodity) will lose value
Possibility, chance, degree of probability. Nowhere does it say certainty.
