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calculated risks

calculated risks is the plural of calculated risk.

Meaning of calculated risk

Noun

calculated risk (countable and uncountable, plural calculated risks)

  1. A risk that may be taken, in the absence of complete information, after careful consideration of the likelihood and impact of failure in comparison to the rewards of success.
    • To be a successful innovator a company will need to convince its employees to take some calculated risks.2005, Arnoud De Meyer, Sam Gargy, Inspire to Innovate: Management and Innovation in Asia, Springer, page 17

Questions about calculated risks

What is calculated risks the plural of?
Calculated risks is the plural of calculated risk.

Words near calculated risks in the dictionary

  1. calculated
  2. calculated mistake
  3. calculated mistakes
  4. calculated out
  5. calculated risk
  6. calculated risks
  7. calculatedly
  8. calculatedness
  9. calculatedst
  10. calculates
  11. calculates out

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