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*at risk

in a situation where there is risk or hazard; in danger. (*Typically: be ~; put someone or something ~.) I refuse to put my family's welfare at risk by quitting my job. Your whole future is at risk if you don't stop smoking.

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The focus of risk information (or what is at risk or feared) can include political, military, social, economic and environmental sectors. Risks and risk analysis in the strategic context by Institute for Strategic Studies The EDF figure can then be used to estimate the standalone credit risk of an obligor or the value at risk (VAR) in a portfolio. Credit is Now the World's Largest Market, with Its Size Estimated in ... by Business Wire Companies are using value at risk or VAR (effect of unlikely events in normal markets), and stress testing (effect of plausible events in abnormal markets) methodologies to measure the potential impact of the financial risks they face. Managing Risk: An Enterprise-wide Approach by Walker, Paul L. / Financial Executive			at liberty at loggerheads at loose ends at low ebb at most at mother's knee at night at no time at odds at once at one fell swoop at one sitting at one time at one time or another at own game at pains to at peace at peace with at play at point-blank range at present at random at regular intervals at request at rest at risk at sea at sea level at service at sixes and sevens at some time sharp at stake at that rate at the appointed time at the back of beyond at the back of mind at the best of times at the bottom of the heap at the bottom of the hour at the bottom of the ladder at the chalkface at the coalface at the crack of dawn at the cutting edge at the double at the drop of a hat at the eleventh hour at the end of nowhere at the end of rope at the end of the day at the expense of			at peril at peril at play at pleasure at pleasure At point at point-blank range At Post Education at present at present at present at present at priority call AT PT At quiet at random at random at random at random at random At regard of at regular intervals at request at rest at rest at rest at rest at rest at right angles at right angles at risk At Risk Placement Next At Risk Rule At Risk Rules At roost At rovers At Sachem Farm at sea at sea at sea at sea at sea at sea level At Sea Observer Program At Sea Tactical Exercise At second hand at service at short notice at short notice at short notice at short notice at short notice at short notice at side at side at side at side AT Sight AT Sight AT Sight AT Sight

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