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risk-free

risk-free adjective: free from or devoid of risk; safe.

Adjective

risk-free (not comparable)

  1. Free from or devoid of risk; safe.
    • While no investment is risk-free, some have less risk involved than others.

Forms of risk-free

alternative formriskfree

Origin of risk-free

From risk + -free.

Questions about risk-free

What does risk-free mean?
Risk-free means free from or devoid of risk; safe.
What part of speech is risk-free?
Risk-free is an adjective.

Words near risk-free in the dictionary

  1. risk-assesses
  2. risk-assessing
  3. risk-averse
  4. risk-aversities
  5. risk-aversity
  6. risk-free
  7. risk-off
  8. risk-on
  9. risk-taking
  10. riskable
  11. Riske

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