risk aversion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see risk, aversion.
  2. Tendency of a decision-maker to prefer a certain payoff to one of greater expected value but more uncertainty.

Word forms

risk aversion
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