hedge

[ hej ]
/ hɛdʒ /

noun

verb (used with object), hedged, hedg·ing.

verb (used without object), hedged, hedg·ing.

Origin of hedge

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

OTHER WORDS FROM hedge

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

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British Dictionary definitions for hedging

hedge
/ (hɛdʒ) /

noun

verb

Derived forms of hedge

hedger, noun hedging, noun hedgy, adjective

Word Origin for hedge

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

Cultural definitions for hedging

hedging

The practice by which a business or investor limits risk by taking positions that tend to offset each other. For example, a business stands to lose money if the price of a commodity it holds declines, but it can offset this risk by agreeing to sell a specified amount of the commodity at a set price at some point in the future.

notes for hedging

Hedge funds, which are investment funds usually open only to the very wealthy, grew in the 1990s. The near failure of one such fund in 1998, Long-Term Capital Management, sent shock waves through Wall Street.