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Word: hedge
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A non-committal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
- A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.
- Ireland|noun adjunct Used attributively, with figurative indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; third-rate.
- finance Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
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Verb:
- finance To reduce one's exposure to risk.
- intransitive To avoid verbal commitment.
- intransitive To construct or repair a hedge.
- finance To offset the risk associated with.
- transitive To enclose.
- transitive To obstruct.
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