hedging : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hedging	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hedging
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hedging n any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change Synonym(s): hedge, hedging an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging" Synonym(s): hedge, hedging
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hedge \Hedge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hedged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hedging}.] 1. To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a field or garden. 2. To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out. I will hedge up thy way with thorns. --Hos. ii. 6. Lollius Urbius . . . drew another wall . . . to hedge out incursions from the north. --Milton. 3. To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in). [bd]England, hedged in with the main.[b8] --Shak. 4. To surround so as to prevent escape. That is a law to hedge in the cuckoo. --Locke. {To hedge a bet}, to bet upon both sides; that is, after having bet on one side, to bet also on the other, thus guarding against loss.