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hedge

English

🔊 a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
🔊 an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
“when you say `maybe' you are just hedging”
🔊 any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk
🔊 minimize loss or risk
“diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks”
🔊 avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
“He dodged the issue”
🔊 enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
“hedge the property”
🔊 hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
“The animals were hedged in”