basis vs risk

basis

noun
  • An underlying condition or circumstance. 

  • A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis. 

  • A regular frequency. 

  • A physical base or foundation. 

  • In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space. 

  • Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses. 

  • A collection of subsets ("basis elements") of a set, such that this collection covers the set, and for any two basis elements which both contain an element of the set, there is a third basis element contained in the intersection of the first two, which also contains that element. 

  • The difference between the cash price a dealer pays to a farmer for his produce and an agreed reference price, which is usually the futures price at which the given crop is trading at a commodity exchange. 

risk

noun
  • A possible adverse event or outcome. 

  • A borrower (such as a mortgage-holder or person with a credit card). 

  • An entity insured by an insurer. 

  • The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur. 

  • The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event. 

  • The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event. 

  • A type of adverse event covered under an insurance policy. 

  • A financial product (typically an investment). 

  • A thing (from the perspective of how likely or unlikely it is to cause an adverse effect). 

verb
  • To incur risk as a result of (doing something). 

  • To incur risk of harming or jeopardizing. 

  • To incur risk of (something). 

How often have the words basis and risk occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )