risk-taking

noun

: the act or fact of doing something that involves danger or risk in order to achieve a goal

Starting a business always involves some risk-taking.

Examples of risk-taking in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

State media have warned investors to be cautious in chasing the rally, while both the Shanghai Gold Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange have raised margin requirements on some contracts to snuff out excessive risk-taking. —Bloomberg, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2024

And the Douglas, the smallest of the three venues and the one with the shortest history, is the Westside outpost that’s most hospitable to theatrical risk-taking. —Charles McNulty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024

And unlike Europe, our government incentivizes risk-taking and entrepreneurship through public-private partnerships. —Jungsang Kim, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024

But interest rates run high, inhibiting the creativity and risk-taking celebrated in Kigali. —Jonathan M. Hansen, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024

When her father dies, Alexandra Bergson is entrusted with the family farm and soon becomes prosperous, thanks to some canny risk-taking and her near-mystical identification with the land. —Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024

That deprives kids of the resilience and emotional fortitude that comes from healthy risk-taking in real life. —Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2024

A number of top-tier universities provide programs that can help foster leadership traits such as innovation, creativity, analytical prowess, risk-taking and so on. —Arush Chandna, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024

While many businesses have modest beginnings, Dell says risk-taking focused his mind. —Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024