Sekirov Dictionary

hedge

/ˈhɛd͡ʒ/

noun 6
verb 6
forms 3
phrases 4

noun6

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A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
- He trims the hedge once a week.
(UK) A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
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Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
- The asset class acts as a hedge.
- A hedge is an investment position intended to offset potential losses/gains that may be incurred by a companion investment. In simple language, a hedge is used to reduce any substantial losses/gains suffered by an individual or an organization.
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A noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
- When not inaccurate, much commentary on the contents of Hobson-Jobson is couched in hedges or relies on speculative estimates in the absence of exact information. — 2018
A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
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[before a noun] (UK, figurative) With indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; being third-rate, poor, shoddy.
- He then traced them from place to place, till at last he found two of them drinking together, with a third person, at a hedge-tavern near Aldersgate.

verb6

To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
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To avoid verbal commitment.
- He carefully hedged his statements with weasel words.
To offset the risk associated with.
To reduce one's exposure to risk.
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To obstruct or surround.
- Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. — 1611
To construct or repair a hedge.

forms

hedged · hedging · hedges

Phrases with hedge

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