aleatory
pronunciation
How to pronounce aleatory in British English:
UK ['elɪətərɪ]
How to pronounce aleatory in American English:
US ['elɪrtərɪ]
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- Adjective:
- dependent on chance
Word Origin
- aleatory (adj.)
- "of uncertain outcome," literally "depending on the throw of a die," 1690s, from Latin aleatorius "pertaining to a gamester," from aleator "a dice player," from alea "a game with dice; chance, hazard, risk; a die, the dice;" perhaps literally "a joint-bone, a pivot-bone," and related to axis.
Example
- 1. Aleatory contract is a risk agreement between parties which contains uncertain payment .
- 2. Aleatory as the main feature , it has obvious difference from jitsusada contracts .
- 3. After comparison with conditional contracts and unilateral promises , in the second part , the author aims to find the essential difference of aleatory contract from other contracts and summarize its features .
- 4. This article analyses the cause of morale hazard in insurance activities , it points out that information game playing , aleatory , lack of traditional values and the deputy system are the causes and enlargement of chinese insurance market 's morale hazard .
- 5. Not accepting reward without merit is set to avoid the aleatory thought .