risk vs scheme

risk

noun
  • An entity insured by an insurer. 

  • A possible adverse event or outcome. 

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

  • 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). 

scheme

noun
  • A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members. 

  • A council housing estate. 

  • A systematic plan of future action. 

  • An orderly combination of related parts. 

  • A plot or secret, devious plan. 

  • A mathematical structure that enlarges the notion of algebraic variety in several ways, such as taking account of multiplicities and allowing "varieties" defined over any commutative ring (e.g. Fermat curves over the integers). 

  • A chart or diagram of a system or object. 

  • Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:. 

  • A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event. 

verb
  • To plot, or contrive a plan. 

  • To plan; to contrive. 

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