The word hedge may be used to refer to:
- hedge (barrier) or hedgerow, a line of closely spaced shrubs planted to act as a barrier
- hedge (finance) in gambling or finance is an investment made to reduce loss
- Hedge (linguistics) in linguistics are intentionally non-committal or ambiguous sentence fragments, such as "sort of", "kind of", "like". A hedge is a line of closely spaced Shrubs and bushes planted and trained in such a way as to form a barrier or to mark the boundary of an area In Finance, a hedge is an investment that is taken out specifically to reduce or cancel out the Risk in another investment A hedge is a mitigating device used to lessen the impact of an utterance
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hedge
-noun
- A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.
- (finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
- (UK, Ireland, noun adjunct) Used attributively, with figurative indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; third-rate.
-verb
- To stonewall; to avoid answering question.
- To construct or repair a hedge.
- (finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.
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