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risktaker

[ risk-tey-ker ]
/ ˈrɪskˌteɪ kər /
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noun
a person or corporation inclined to take risks: The management trainees were exhorted to become risktakers.
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Origin of risktaker

1940–45; risk + taker + -er1
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