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RISK

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 366 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RISK  ,

hazard, chance of danger or loss, especially the chance of loss to
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property or goods which an
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insurance
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company undertakes to make good to the insurer in return for the re-current payment of a sum called the premium (see INSURANCE) . The word appears
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late in
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English, and in the 17th century in the Fr. form risque or It. risco or risgo, for risico, risigo; cf . Sp. riesgo . The Med .
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Lat. riscus, rischium, and risicum are found, according to Du Cange (Gloss., qq.v.), as early as the 13th century . Skeat (Etym .

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