derisk

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English

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Etymology

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From de- +‎ risk.

Verb

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derisk (third-person singular simple present derisks, present participle derisking, simple past and past participle derisked)

  1. (transitive) To remove the risk from; to make safe.
    Coordinate term: (economics) decouple
    • 2011, Edward Farquharson, Clemencia Torres de Mästle, E. R. Yescombe, How to Engage with the Private Sector in Public-Private Partnerships in Emerging Markets, page 3:
      Thus, rather than paying for the perceptions (no doubt valid) of higher risk, the challenge is to derisk the situation.

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