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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 συμβεί

From 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) hedging

From 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) hedging

From 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) hedging

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/
  التسييج

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/ 
  uhýbání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/ 
  zajišťování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/
  stelážování

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/
  ein Deckungsgeschäft abschließend, deckend, absichernd
   see: hedge, hedged, hedging company
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/
  Feldheckenpflege  [envir.]
     Synonym: hedgerow maintenance
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/
  mit einer Hecke einfassend/umgebend/abgrenzend
   see: hedge sth., hedge sth. in/round, hedged
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/
  Kurssicherung  [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
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/
  Abschluss eines Kurssicherungsgeschäfts/Deckungsgeschäfts
   see: hedge transaction, hedging transaction, covering operation, covering transaction
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/
  sich absichernd
   see: hedge, hedged
  

From 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., hedged
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/
  verklausulierend
   see: hedge, hedged, in a roundabout way
  

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  hedging /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/ 
  1. बाड़ लगाना
        "खेत के चारों तरफ काँटों से"hedging" हैं."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  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 alól

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈhɛdʒɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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, waiver
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

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