Definition of hazard

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Hazard (n.) Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life..

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Venture :: Venture (n.) An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.
Hazardable :: Hazardable (a.) Such as can be hazarded or risked.
Peril :: Peril (n.) Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction..
Policy :: Policy (n.) The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance is embodied; an instrument in writing containing the terms and conditions on which one party engages to indemnify another against loss arising from certain hazards, perils, or risks to which his person or property may be exposed. See Insurance..
Hazard :: Hazard (v. i.) To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.
Pawn :: Pawn (n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.
Hazard :: Hazard (n.) Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming..
Jeopardous :: Jeopardous (a.) Perilous; hazardous.
Insure :: Insure (v. t.) Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured..
Hazardry :: Hazardry (n.) Rashness; temerity.
Wager :: Wager (v. t.) To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some casualty; to lay; to stake; to bet..
Hazard :: Hazard (n.) The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty..
Speculate :: Speculate (v. i.) To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock..
Hazard :: Hazard (n.) To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
Hazardable :: Hazardable (a.) Liable to hazard or chance; uncertain; risky.
Discriminous :: Discriminous (a.) Hazardous; dangerous.
Risk :: Risk (n.) Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction..
Stake :: Stake (v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge..
Adventurous :: Adventurous (n.) Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song..
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