HEDGING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
   Synonym(s)
   • hedge (what does hedge mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • when you say `maybe” you are just hedging
   Hypernyms(s) hedging is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • evasion (what does evasion mean?)
   • equivocation (what does equivocation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • hedge (what does hedge mean?)
   • fudge (what does fudge mean?)
   • evade (what does evade mean?)
   • put off (what does put off mean?)
   • circumvent (what does circumvent mean?)
   • parry (what does parry mean?)
   • elude (what does elude mean?)
   • skirt (what does skirt mean?)
   • dodge (what does dodge mean?)
   • duck (what does duck mean?)
   • sidestep (what does sidestep mean?)
   • hedge (what does hedge mean?)
   • fudge (what does fudge mean?)
   • evade (what does evade mean?)
   • put off (what does put off mean?)
   • circumvent (what does circumvent mean?)
   • parry (what does parry mean?)
   • elude (what does elude mean?)
   • skirt (what does skirt mean?)
   • dodge (what does dodge mean?)
   • duck (what does duck mean?)
   • sidestep (what does sidestep mean?)
2. Meaning
   • any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk
   • for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
   Synonym(s)
   • hedge (what does hedge mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) hedging is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • security (what does security mean?)
   • protection (what does protection mean?)