I . n.
1.
Chance, hazard, fortuity, contingency, risk, venture, stake, experiment, trial.
2.
Hazardous enterprise, bold undertaking.
3.
Event, incident, occurrence, transaction, passage, crisis, contingency.
4.
( Com. ) Speculation.
II . v. a.
Hazard, venture, risk, peril, imperil, put to hazard, put at risk, put in danger, expose to peril or risk.
III . v. n.
Dare, venture, take the risk, run the risk, incur the hazard.