5Hazard, danger: 1. exposure to mischance or peril; 2. thechance or hazard of commercial loss. The Oxford English Dictionary, Volume VIII, Poy-Ry, Oxford University Press, 1978.
6Webster' s Third New International Dictionary, VolumeII, H-R (Merriam-Webster Inc., 1981): 1. the possibility of loss, injury, disadvantage, or destruction: contingency, danger, peril, threat; 2. someone or something that creates or suggests a hazard or adverse chance: a dangerous element or factor.
