Hedge - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
- an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
verb
- hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
hedge your bets
Extra examples
...the messenger was confronted with a hedge of spears held aloft by the castle guards...
The garden is hedged by flowering shrubs.
She hedged when she was asked to support the campaign.
He hedged his earlier comments about the need for new management.
It would put a hedge round his finances.
Starting a business of one's own is hedged about with a lot of difficulties.
You're hedging again - have you got the money or haven't you?
'That depends on my partner,' she hedged.
The animals were hedged in
About the hedge there was a picket fence
There was a break in the hedge.
Rabbits have gnawed at the hedge.
Rabbits had gnawed a hole in the hedge.
She carefully pruned the hedge.
The horse took the hedge easily.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: hedge
he/she/it: hedges
present participle: hedging
past tense: hedged
past participle: hedged
singular: hedge
plural: hedges
Please, register on our website at registration page. After registration you can log in and use that feature.
