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risk taker

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Noun1.risk taker - someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitementrisk taker - someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement
adventurer, venturer - a person who enjoys taking risks


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This coupled with the news that the big banks, or even our banks; are to pay massive bonuses to the top risk takers (those that got us in this mess in the first place).
Small business owners are the ultimate risk takers.
Britain's financial regulator the Financial Services Authority (FSA) last week published a bankers' pay code which some critics said would not go far enough in preventing banks from paying sky-high bonuses to some of their biggest risk takers.
 
 
 
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