Old English freond friend, present participle of freogan to love, to favor, from Proto-Germanic *frijojanan to love (cf. Old Norse frÃ¦ndi, Old Frisian friund, Middle High German friunt, German Freund, Gothic frijonds friend, all alike from present participle forms).
Best Answer: Risk and more importantly return, are INVESTING terms, NOT insurance terms. Risk is the chance you take of losing your money. Return is the amount of money you GAIN. So they are opposites-the greater the risk, the greater the potential return. Think of it like going to the horse track.
DEFINITION of 'Credit Risk'. The risk of loss of principal or loss of a financial reward stemming from a borrower's failure to repay a loan or otherwise meet a contractual obligation.Credit risk arises whenever a borrower is expecting to use future cash flows to pay a current debt.Investors are compensated for assuming credit risk by way of interest payments from the borrower or issuer of a debt obligation.redit risk arises whenever a borrower is expecting to use future cash flows to pay a current debt. Investors are compensated for assuming credit risk by way of interest payments from the borrower or issuer of a debt obligation.