Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - hazard

n. & v. --n. 1 a danger or risk. 2 a source of this. 3 chance. 4 a dice game with a complicated arrangement of chances. 5 Golf an obstruction in playing a shot, e.g. a bunker, water, etc. 6 each of the winning openings in a real-tennis court. --v.tr. 1 venture on (hazard a guess). 2 run the risk of. 3 expose to hazard. Etymology: ME f. OF hasard f. Sp. azar f. Arab. az-zahr chance, luck