Meaning of high-risk, high-reward | Babel Free

Definitions

Involving significant potential for loss but also offering the possibility of substantial gains or benefits if successful.

idiomatic

Examples

“I warned him that this was a high-risk, high reward situation and that he should be prepared to lose it all.”

“It [sc. “investment”] should not be loosely used as a synonym for “speculation,” which is the outlay of money in an enterprise offering the hopes of high reward in return for the incurring of high risk.”

“We are fortunate that we live in this region of “black gold” and we should never forget that the American oil industry is the product of the American way of life, of the way of free enterprise: of men taking high risks and often winning high rewards”

“It has attracted to it (from outside and inside Monsanto) young entrepreneurs (usually M.B.A.s from the graduate schools) with the willingess and capacity to flourish in a high risk, high reward situation.”

““These are high-risk, high-reward stocks,” Walter Altherr, an analyst at Merrill Lynch Japan, said. “But over the long term one has to believe these stocks will show better growth than the banks.””

“The UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria), which backs high-risk, high-reward projects, has awarded £81m to 27 teams.”

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