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Noun: hedging  he-jing
  1. Any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
    - hedge
  2. An intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
    "when you say 'maybe' you are just hedging";
    - hedge
Verb: hedge  hej
    "They tend to hedge their responsibilities";
  2. Hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
    "The animals were hedged in"
  3. Enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
    "hedge the property";
    - hedge in
  4. Minimize loss or risk

Derived forms: hedgings

Type of: avoid, close in, enclose, equivocation, evasion, hem in, inclose, minimise [Brit], minimize, protection, security, shut in

Encyclopedia: Hedging