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Hedging - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Hedging : (noun)
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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