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derisk

derisk verb: to remove the risk from; to make safe.

Verb

derisk (third-person singular simple present derisks, present participle derisking, simple past and past participle derisked)

  1. (transitive) To remove the risk from; to make safe.
    • Thus, rather than paying for the perceptions (no doubt valid) of higher risk, the challenge is to derisk the situation.2011, Edward Farquharson, Clemencia Torres de Mästle, E. R. Yescombe, How to Engage with the Private Sector in Public-Private Partnerships in Emerging Markets, page 3

Forms of derisk

third-person singular presentderisks
present participlederisking
past participlederisked
pastderisked
alternative formde-risk

Origin of derisk

From de- + risk.

Questions about derisk

What does derisk mean?
Derisk means to remove the risk from; to make safe.
What part of speech is derisk?
Derisk is a verb.
What is the past tense of derisk?
The past tense of derisk is derisked.

Words near derisk in the dictionary

  1. derisive
  2. derisively
  3. derisiveness
  4. derisivenesses
  5. derisives
  6. derisk
  7. derisked
  8. derisking
  9. derisks
  10. derisorily
  11. derisoriness

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