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How to pronounce hedge in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms hedging
Type of evasion, equivocation
Type Words
Synonyms circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt
Type of avoid
Has types beg, quibble
Derivation hedger, hedging
Type Words
Synonyms hedging
Type of security, protection
Type Words
Synonyms hedgerow
Type of fence, fencing
Has types windbreak, shelterbelt, privet hedge
Type Words
Synonyms hedge in
Type of shut in, close in, enclose, inclose


hedge the property.
Type Words
Type of hem in
Verb group hedge in


The animals were hedged in.
Type Words
Type of minimise, minimize
Derivation hedger


diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks.
hedge your bets.

Examples of hedge

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It would also limit the companies'investments in private equity and hedge funds.
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Few stocks are as widely held in regular mutual funds as well as in hedge funds.
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Another difference is that you have to factor in the weight of hedge-fund money.
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So they may have recognized the need to save more as a hedge against hard times.
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Pimco Total Return is no hedge fund, but it does use some hedge fund techniques.
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I do think the SEC will be given authority to register and regulate hedge funds.
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Hedge funds and smaller firms have to team up with a member if they want access.
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She lost that job 10 months later when the hedge fund cut back in the recession.
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That quadrant has been the hardest hit in the $1.6 trillion hedge fund universe.
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  • A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
  • Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
  • Any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
  • Hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in"
  • An intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"
  • Minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"
  • A hedge or hedgerow is a line of closely spaced shrubs and tree species, planted and trained in such a way as to form a barrier or to mark the boundary of an area. ...
  • This is a list of characters from The Old Kingdom Trilogy, a set of novels by Australian author Garth Nix. The series comprises three novels: Sabriel (1995), Lirael (2001) and Abhorsen (2003). ...
  • In finance, a hedge is a position established in one market in an attempt to offset exposure to price fluctuations in some opposite position in another market with the goal of minimizing one's exposure to unwanted risk. ...