1. [n]  an obstacle on a golf course
2. [n]  an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"
3. [n]  a source of danger; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
4. [v]  put forward, of a guess; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"
5. [v]  take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
6. [v]  put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this"

Hazard
In Regency-era London, heiress Anne Peckworth and rogue Racecombe de Vere fall in love, despite the fact that Anne has a slight disability that causes her to limp and that frightens London`s other eligible bachelors.

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1. \Haz"ard\, n. [F. hazard, Sp. azar an unforeseen disaster
   or accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr.
   Ar. zahr, z[=a]r, a die, which, with the article al the,
   would give azzahr, azz[=a]r.]
   1. A game of chance played with dice. --Chaucer.
   2. The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a
      fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.
            I will stand the hazard of the die.   --Shak.
   3. Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the
      hazard of his reputation and life.
            Men are led on from one stage of life to another in
            a condition of the utmost hazard.     --Rogers
   4. (Billiards?) Holing a ball, whether the object ball
      (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
   5. Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in
      gaming. ``Your latter hazard.'' --Shak.
   {Hazard table}, a a table on which hazard is played, or any
      game of chance for stakes.
   {To ru? the hazard}, to take the chance or risk.
   Syn: Danger; risk; chance. See {Danger}.
   

2. \Haz"ard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hazarded}; p. pr. & vb. ?
   {Hazarding}.] [Cf. F. hazarder. See Hazard, n.]
   1. To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of
      loss or injury; to venture; to risk.
            Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical
            obedience.                            --John Clarke.
            He hazards his neck to the halter.    --Fuller.
   2. To venture to incur, or bring on.
            I hazarded the loss of whom I loved.  --Shak.
            They hazard to cut their feet.        --Landor.
   Syn: To venture; risk; jeopard; peril; endanger.
   

3. \Haz"ard\, v. i.
   To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger. --Shak.
   

4. \Haz"ard\, n. (Golf)
   Any place into which the ball may not be safely played, such
   as bunkers, furze, water, sand, or other kind of bad ground.