Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

risk aversion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables: risk aver-sion
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see risk, aversion.

Uncountable

noun

Tendency of a decision-maker to prefer a certain payoff to one of greater expected value but more uncertainty.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does risk aversion mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see risk, aversion.

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