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Hedging   /hˈɛdʒɪŋ/   Listen
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.  Synonym: hedge.
2.
An intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement.  Synonym: hedge.





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"Hedging" Quotes from Famous Books



... I must just have one more turn, and then we'll go and get that dance over. I'm going to plunge this time. (He spreads his counters about the board.) There, I've put five francs on each colour and ten each on 8 and 9. You see, by hedging like that, you're bound to pull ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 103, November 12, 1892 • Various
... whenever possible, gradually beforehand. "We shall have to think about wheat-hoeing, mowing, potato-digging, next week," prepares the man for the occasion, so that when the time comes he has his hoe, axe, scythe, or bill-hook, as the case may be, ready. The job, too, may demand some special clothing—hedging gloves, gaiters, new shoes, and ...
— Grain and Chaff from an English Manor • Arthur H. Savory


Words linked to "Hedging" :   evasion, hedge, equivocation, security, protection


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