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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out. [1913 Webster] I will hedge up thy way with thorns. --Hos. ii. 6. [1913 Webster] Lollius Urbius . . . drew another wall . . . to hedge out incursions from the north. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in). ``England, hedged in with the main.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To surround so as to prevent escape. [1913 Webster] That is a law to hedge in the cuckoo. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 5. To protect oneself against excessive loss in an activity by taking a countervailing action; as, to hedge an investment denominated in a foreign currency by buying or selling futures in that currency; to hedge a donation to one political party by also donating to the opposed political party. [PJC] 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. See hedge[5]. [1913 Webster]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). ``England, hedged in with the main.'' --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.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
hedging n 1: any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change [syn: hedge] 2: an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging" [syn: hedge]From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
hedging Αγγλικά n. το να προνοείς/να λαμβάνεις μέτρα για ενδεχόμενο κακό, μηχανισμός προνοητικής άμυνας για δυνητική επίθεση που δεν έχει ακόμη συμβείFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
hedging n. 1 The act of one who hedges (in various senses). 2 Any plant used to form a hedge. 3 (lb en pragmatics composition) The use of intentionally ambiguous or noncommittal statements. vb. (present participle of en hedge nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Hedging German n. n (lb de business) hedgingFrom English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
hedging n. 1 The act of one who hedges (in various senses). 2 Any plant used to form a hedge. 3 (lb en pragmatics composition) The use of intentionally ambiguous or noncommittal statements. vb. (present participle of en hedge nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
hedging n. 1 The act of one who hedges (in various senses). 2 Any plant used to form a hedge. 3 (lb en pragmatics composition) The use of intentionally ambiguous or noncommittal statements. vb. (present participle of en hedge nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Hedging German n. n (lb de business) hedgingFrom English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
hedging n. 1 The act of one who hedges (in various senses). 2 Any plant used to form a hedge. 3 (lb en pragmatics composition) The use of intentionally ambiguous or noncommittal statements. vb. (present participle of en hedge nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Hedging German n. n (lb de business) hedgingFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/ التسييجFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]uhýbání
hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]zajišťování
hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/ stelážováníFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/ ein Deckungsgeschäft abschließend, deckend, absichernd see: hedge, hedged, hedging companyFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/ FeldheckenpflegeFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][envir.] Synonym: hedgerow maintenance
hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/ mit einer Hecke einfassend/umgebend/abgrenzend see: hedge sth., hedge sth. in/round, hedgedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/ KurssicherungFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][fin.] Note: Börse "forward foreign currency hedging" - Kurssicherung auf dem Devisenterminmarkt "spot market hedging" - Kurssicherung auf dem Kassamarkt Synonyms: hedge, cover, covering, coverage see: spot hedge
hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/ Abschluss eines Kurssicherungsgeschäfts/Deckungsgeschäfts see: hedge transaction, hedging transaction, covering operation, covering transactionFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/ sich absichernd see: hedge, hedgedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/ herumredend, ausweichend, sich herumdrückend, sich nicht festlegend "Stop hedging and tell me what you really think!" - Red nicht herum und sag mir, was du wirklich denkst! see: hedge, hedge sth./on sth./around sth., hedgedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/ verklausulierend see: hedge, hedged, in a roundabout wayFrom English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]1. बाड़ लगाना "खेत के चारों तरफ काँटों से"hedging" हैं."
hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/ 1. sövény 2. kertelés 3. sövények karbantartása 4. fogadás és ellenfogadás kötése 5. veszteséget korlátozó ellenügylet kötése 6. szegély 7. kibújás az állásfoglalás alólFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈhɛdʒɪŋ/
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "hedging": allowance, bickering, boggling, calculation, canniness, captious, captiousness, care, careful consideration, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, caviling, cession, chicane, chicanery, choplogic, circumscription, circumspection, concession, deliberate stages, deliberateness, deliberation, discretion, dodging, equivocation, equivocatory, evasion, evasive, exception, exemption, extenuating circumstances, fencing, gingerliness, grain of salt, grant, guardedness, hairsplitting, hedge, heed, heedfulness, hesitation, judiciousness, limitation, logic-chopping, mental reservation, mindfulness, modification, nit-picking, paltering, parrying, pawkiness, pettifoggery, petty, picayune, prevarication, prior consultation, prudence, prudentialness, pussyfooting, qualification, quibbling, regardfulness, reservation, restriction, safeness, safety first, salvo, shifting, shuffling, sidestepping, slowness to act, solicitude, special case, special treatment, specialness, specification, subterfuge, tentativeness, tergiversation, thoroughness, trichoschistic, trichoschistism, trifling, trivial, uncommunicativeness, unprecipitateness, waiverFrom XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
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