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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Endanger :: Endanger (v. t.) To incur the hazard of; to risk.
Jeopardous :: Jeopardous (a.) Perilous; hazardous.
Wage :: Wage (v. t.) To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar..
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..
Hazardry :: Hazardry (n.) Playing at hazard; gaming; gambling.
Safety :: Safety (n.) The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss..
Hasard :: Hasard (n.) Hazard.
Hazarding :: Hazarding (p. pr. & vb. /) of Hazar.
Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (n.) A game of hazard played with cards in silence.
Hazard :: Hazard (n.) Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life..
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..
Undergo :: Undergo (v. t.) To undertake; to engage in; to hazard.
Stake :: Stake (v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge..
Jump :: Jump (v. t.) To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
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..
Adventurous :: Adventurous (n.) Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song..
Lot :: Lot (n.) That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
Enterprise :: Enterprise (v. i.) To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult..
Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises..
Random :: Random (n.) A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard..
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