high-risk, high-reward
English
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edit- (idiomatic, especially in finance) Involving significant potential for loss but also offering the possibility of substantial gains or benefits if successful.
- I warned him that this was a high-risk, high reward situation and that he should be prepared to lose it all.
- 1969 December 10, Austin M. O'Malley, “Enterprise division for new products”, in The Times, London, page 25:
- It has attracted to it (from outside and inside Monsanto) young entrepreneurs (usually M.B.A.s from the graduate schools) with the willingess and capacity to flourish in a high risk, high reward situation.