Noun

(en noun)

A possible, usually negative, outcome, e.g., a danger.

* Macaulay

the imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves

* 2006 , BBC News'' website, ''Farmers warned over skin cancer read at [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4764525.stm] on 14 May 2006

There was also a "degree of complacency" that the weather in the country was not good enough to present a health risk .

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.}}

The likelihood of a negative outcome.

* 2006', Trever Ramsey on ''BBC News'' website, ''Exercise 'cuts skin cancer '''risk' read at [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4764535.stm] on 14 May 2006

Taking regular exercise, coupled with a healthy diet, reduced the risk of several types of cancer.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01, author=Stephen Ledoux, volume=100, issue=1, page=60

, magazine= , title= Behaviorism at 100 , passage=Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.}}

The potential (conventionally negative) should it occur.

* 2002', Decisioneering Inc website, ''What is '''risk ? read at [http://www.decisioneering.com/risk-analysis.html] on 14 May 2006

If there is a 25% chance of running over schedule, costing you a $100 out of your own pocket, that might be a risk' you are willing to take. But if you have a 5% chance of running overschedule, knowing that there is a $10,000 penalty, you might be less willing to take that ' risk .

Noun

(en noun)

A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.

We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.

* (and other bibliographic particulars),

A sharpened stake strong Dryas found.

# A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.

A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.

(with definite article) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned.

Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake .

A share or interest in a business or a given situation.

The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.

That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.

A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.

(Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.

* (and other bibliographic particulars), Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

Every city, or stake, including a chief town and surrounding towns, has its president, with two counselors; and this president has a high council of chosen men.