Exposure
Well, exposure refers to the amount of credit that has been extended to a certain borrower, or to a particular entity, and therefore is a measure of how much you stand to lose potentially - how exposed you are, if the debt turns bad.
So it is the risk of suffering a loss and the higher the exposure, the more you could potentially lose.
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