risk-benefit

[ risk-ben-uh-fit ]

/ ˈrɪskˈbɛn ə fɪt /

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adjective

involving studies, testing, etc., to establish whether the benefits, as of a course of medical treatment, outweigh the risks involved: to arrive at a risk-benefit ratio.

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Origin of risk-benefit

First recorded in 1970–75

Words nearby risk-benefit

rising sign, rising trot, risk, risk-averse, risk aversion, risk-benefit, risk capital, risk factor, risk life and limb, risk management, risktaker

How to use risk-benefit in a sentence

Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.
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Together, the teams are working 24 hours a day for a product that promises much higher risk than it does profit.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Two-thirds of those who likely to benefit from the new policy are Mexican.
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Not for the benefit of the harasser, of course, but for your own safety.
Cover-Ups and Concern Trolls: Actually, It's About Ethics in Suicide Journalism|Arthur Chu|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Politicians who openly associated with Duke, or his hard-core associates, did so at their own risk.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But a lawyer who needed the wherewithal finally condescended to risk the task, and into it he plunged.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
As he walked back to his hotel, his head was full of plans for the girl's transient pleasure and lasting benefit.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
Mr. Spurrell came down to see a horse, and we shall be very glad to have the benefit of his opinion by-and-by.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
These oral inanities only served to make Lyn give me the benefit of a look of amused wonder.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Once he permitted himself a digression, that he might point a moral for the benefit of his servant.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini