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Definitions for Hedging

[1] a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges.
[2] any barrier or boundary: a hedge of stones.
[3] 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.
[4] to enclose with or separate by a hedge: to hedge a garden.
[5] 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.
[6] 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.
[7] to mitigate a possible loss by counterbalancing (one's bets, investments, etc.).
[8] to prevent or hinder free movement; obstruct: to be hedged by poverty.
[9] 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.
[10] to prevent complete loss of a bet by betting an additional amount or amounts against the original bet.
[11] Finance . to enter transactions that will protect against loss through a compensatory price movement.
[12] a row of shrubs, bushes, or trees forming a boundary to a field, garden, etc
[13] a barrier or protection against something
[14] the act or a method of reducing the risk of financial loss on an investment, bet, etc
[15] a cautious or evasive statement
[16] (modifier; often in combination) low, inferior, or illiterate a hedge lawyer
[17] (tr) to enclose or separate with or as if with a hedge
[18] (intr) to make or maintain a hedge, as by cutting and laying
[19] (tr; often foll by in, about, or around) to hinder, obstruct, or restrict
[20] (intr) to evade decision or action, esp by making noncommittal statements
[21] (tr) to guard against the risk of loss in (a bet, the paying out of a win, etc), esp by laying bets with other bookmakers
[22] (intr) to protect against financial loss through future price fluctuations, as by investing in futures

Words related to Hedging

hedgesidestep, fudge, waffle, pussyfoot, shuffle, temporize, equivocate, stonewall, tergiversate, evade, prevaricate, stall, flip-flop, quibble, duck, shuck, jive, cage, hinder, coop

Words nearby Hedging

hedgehedda gabler, heddle, hedenbergite, heder, hedera, hedge, hedge apple, hedge fund, hedge garlic, hedge hyssop, hedge laying

Origin of Hedging

ebefore 900; Middle English, Old English hegge; cognate with Dutch heg, German Hecke hedge, Old Norse heggr bird cherry

Other words from Hedging

hedge·less , adjective
un·hedge , verb (used with object), un·hedged, un·hedg·ing.
un·hedged , adjective
well-hedged , adjective

Word origin for Hedging

eOld English hecg; related to Old High German heckia, Middle Dutch hegge; see haw 1

Synonyms for Hedging

fudge, sidestep, waffle, duck, equivocate, evade, flip-flop, jive, prevaricate, pussyfoot, quibble, shuck, shuffle, stall, stonewall, temporize, tergiversate, be noncommittal, beat around the bush, blow hot and cold, cop a plea, cop out, give the run around, hem and haw, pass the buck, run around, shilly-shally, sit on the fence, tergiverse