Definitions

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  • verb transitive To remove the risk from; to make safe.

Etymologies

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de- +‎ risk

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Examples

  • At Hartford, a team led by a senior executive has been at work since last fall seeking ways to "derisk" the insurer's variable annuities, as the company's chief executive,

    Laggards Get the Boot 2009

  • At JWT, we have had to "derisk" our budgets, not only on the mainland but in Hong Kong and Taiwan as well.

    Tom Doctoroff: China vs. Japan: Two Cultures, Two Responses to Crisis 2009

  • India's fourth-largest software exporter by revenue, said it board approved acquisitions of infrastructure-development companies Maytas Infra and Maytas Properties in a move to "derisk" its core business of software services for a total cost of $1.6 billion.

    J.P. Morgan, Goldman Lead Stocks Higher 2008

  • Similarly, the Wall Street firm announced it would spin off the majority of the company's commercial real estate assets into a new, separate public company dubbed Real Estate Investments Global as part of an effort to "derisk" the balance sheet, Fuld said.

    News4Jax.com - Local News 2008

  • Similarly, the Wall Street firm announced it would spin off the majority of the company's commercial real estate assets into a new, separate public company dubbed Real Estate Investments Global as part of an effort to "derisk" the balance sheet, Fuld said.

    News4Jax.com - Local News 2008

  • Similarly, the Wall Street firm announced it would spin off the majority of the company's commercial real estate assets into a new, separate public company dubbed Real Estate Investments Global as part of an effort to "derisk" the balance sheet, Fuld said.

    News4Jax.com - Local News 2008

  • The positive results from this well allow us to confidently move forward with our plans to 'derisk' the play in Altares to the trigger point for full commercial development. "

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2010

  • Apart from aiming to resolve this issue, operations overseas will derisk SBI's "goodwill" from the high-risk investment banking business, said S.

    Indian Investment Banks Target Overseas Markets Joel Rebello 2011

  • Its financial-products unit unwound about half its derivative trades over the past year, and plans to derisk the bulk of its portfolio by the end of 2010.

    AIG 'Not Out of the Woods' Serena Ng 2010

  • Its financial-products unit unwound about half its derivative trades over the past year, and plans to derisk the bulk of its portfolio by the end of 2010.

    AIG 'Not Out of the Woods' Serena Ng 2010

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  • Reduce or eliminate risk.

    November 6, 2009