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hedging::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hedge |
| Type of | equivocation, evasion |
| Derivation | hedge |
when you say `maybe' you are just hedging.
hedging::noun | Spocien Dictionary
any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hedge |
| Type of | protection, security |
Examples of hedging
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The most conservative hedging options have a high fixed cost to buy the options.
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Many are hedging against a volatile private market by turning to the public one.
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Instead, I perceive it as a hedging policy by the state prosecutor Mladen Bajic.
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The Obama administration appears to be hedging on its troop withdrawal timeline.
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The government protected oil income this year by hedging prices at $70 a barrel.
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In a way he's already hedging bets, calling it more of a hiatus than retirement.
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When that runs out in mid-2011, Providence would look at hedging again, he said.
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Accounting for these products and hedging activities under GAAP has not changed.
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The company realized the power of hedging and has been with Kanjilal since then.
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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. ...
