Definition of hazard

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Hazard (n.) To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.

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Staked :: Stake (v. t.) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
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..
Venturer :: Venturer (n.) One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer..
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..
Adventurous :: Adventurous (n.) Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons.
Peril :: Peril (n.) Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction..
Enterprise :: Enterprise (v. i.) To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult..
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties..
Risk :: Risk (n.) To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication..
Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations..
Hazarder :: Hazarder (n.) One who hazards or ventures.
Insecurity :: Insecurity (n.) The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt..
Lot :: Lot (n.) That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
Hazardable :: Hazardable (a.) Liable to hazard or chance; uncertain; risky.
Adventurous :: Adventurous (n.) Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song..
Adventure :: Adventure (n.) To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture..
Risk :: Risk (n.) Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction..
Venture :: Venture (v. i.) To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.
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..
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