hazard

  • 41hazárd — a m (ȃ) igra za denar, navadno s kartami ali kockami, katere izid je odvisen od naključja, igra na srečo: igrati, prepovedati hazard; drzen hazard; pren., ekspr. napad je bil vojaški in politični hazard …

    Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika

  • 42hazard — A risk or peril, assumed or involved, whether in connection with contract relation, employment, personal relation, sport or gambling. A danger or risk lurking in a situation which by change or fortuity develops into an active agency of harm.… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 43hazard — A risk or peril, assumed or involved, whether in connection with contract relation, employment, personal relation, sport or gambling. A danger or risk lurking in a situation which by change or fortuity develops into an active agency of harm.… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 44hazard — 1. noun /ˈhazəd/ a) A type of game played with dice. I see animated movies are now managing, by hazard or design, to reflect our contemporary reality more accurately than live action movies. b) Chance. Quite apart from the gruesome road hazards,… …

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  • 45Hazard — A game of dice with complicated rules; also a term used in Real Tennis. Like all gambling, hazard was disreputable and condemned by the Church. [< OldFr. hazard < Ar. az zahr = the dice] …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 46hazard — [ hazəd] noun 1》 a danger or risk. 2》 a permanent feature of a golf course which presents an obstruction to playing a shot. 3》 literary chance; probability. 4》 a gambling game using two dice. 5》 (in real tennis) each of the winning openings in… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 47hazard — 1. noun 1) the hazards of radiation Syn: danger, risk, peril, threat, menace; problem, pitfall 2) literary the laws of hazard Syn: chance, probability, fortuity, luck …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 48hazard — Danger; peril. In the parlance of insurance, risk, the likelihood or probability of loss. State Ins. Co. v Taylor, 14 Colo 499, 24 P 333. See increase of hazard; moral hazard …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 49hazard — n. & v. n. 1 a danger or risk. 2 a source of this. 3 chance. 4 a dice game with a complicated arrangement of chances. 5 Golf an obstruction in playing a shot, e.g. a bunker, water, etc. 6 each of the winning openings in a real tennis court. v.tr …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 50hazard — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French hasard, from Old Spanish azar, from Arabic al zahr the die Date: 14th century 1. a game of chance like craps played with two dice 2. a source of danger 3. a. chance, risk b. a chance event ; …

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