to assume a risk

assume a risk — index speculate (chance), underwrite Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

assume — as·sume vt as·sumed, as·sum·ing 1: to voluntarily take upon oneself assume a risk 2: to take over (the debts or obligations of another) as one s own assume a mortgage Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …   Law dictionary

Risk — takers redirects here. For the Canadian television program, see Risk Takers. For other uses, see Risk (disambiguation). Risk is the potential that a chosen action or activity (including the choice of inaction) will lead to a loss (an undesirable… …   Wikipedia

risk — n 1 a: possibility of loss or injury b: liability for loss or injury if it occurs the risk of loss passes to the buyer when the goods are duly delivered to the carrier Uniform Commercial Code the risk of personal injury and property damage should …   Law dictionary

risk — I n. 1) to assume, incur, run, take; face; spread a risk (to run the risk of being outvoted) 2) to outweigh a risk (the advantages outweigh the risks) 3) a calculated; grave, great, high; low; security risk (to take a calculated risk; he is a… …   Combinatory dictionary

assume — UK US /əˈsjuːm/ verb [T] ► to begin to take control of something: assume control/office/a role »Europe has assumed a leadership role in the prevention of future global crises. assume responsibility for sth »The FSA said mortgages would not be… …   Financial and business terms

Risk dominance — Infobox equilibrium name = Risk dominance Payoff dominance subsetof = Nash equilibrium supersetof = discoverer = John Harsanyi, Reinhard Selten usedfor = Non cooperative games example = Stag huntRisk dominance and payoff dominance are two related …   Wikipedia

risk — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, enormous, grave, great, high, huge, major, serious, significant …   Collocations dictionary

assume — verb ADVERB ▪ automatically, naturally ▪ I automatically assumed that you knew about this. ▪ reasonably, safely ▪ I think we can safely assume that this situation will continue …   Collocations dictionary

risk-seeking — Readiness to assume high rates of *risk in order to achieve opportunities for high *returns. Risk seeking investors are deemed to have high *risk appetites. In contrast to a *risk averse individual, for example, a risk seeker would tend to reject …   Auditor's dictionary

Risk/Reward Ratio — A ratio used by many investors to compare the expected returns of an investment to the amount of risk undertaken to capture these returns. This ratio is calculated mathematically by dividing the amount of profit the trader expects to have made… …   Investment dictionary