ALL meanings of hedging
hedge
H h - noun hedging finance: offsetting risk 1
- noun hedging Present participle of hedge. 1
- noun hedging a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges. 1
- noun hedging any barrier or boundary: a hedge of stones. 1
- noun hedging an act or means of preventing complete loss of a bet, an argument, an investment, or the like, with a partially counterbalancing or qualifying one. 1
- verb with object hedging to enclose with or separate by a hedge: to hedge a garden. 1
- verb with object hedging to surround and confine as if with a hedge; restrict (often followed by in, about, etc.): He felt hedged in by the rules of language. 1
- verb with object hedging to protect with qualifications that allow for unstated contingencies or for withdrawal from commitment: He hedged his program against attack and then presented it to the board. 1
- verb with object hedging to mitigate a possible loss by counterbalancing (one's bets, investments, etc.). 1
- verb with object hedging to prevent or hinder free movement; obstruct: to be hedged by poverty. 1
- verb without object hedging to avoid a rigid commitment by qualifying or modifying a position so as to permit withdrawal: He felt that he was speaking too boldly and began to hedge before they could contradict him. 1
- verb without object hedging to prevent complete loss of a bet by betting an additional amount or amounts against the original bet. 1
- verb without object hedging Finance. to enter transactions that will protect against loss through a compensatory price movement. 1
- noun hedging The act of one who hedges (in various senses). 0