risk aversion

English

Noun

risk aversion (uncountable)

  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see risk,‎ adversion.
  2. Tendency of a decision-maker to prefer a certain payoff to one of greater expected value but more uncertainty.

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