HEDGE

Definition of HEDGE

  1. (verb)avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
  2. (verb)hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
  3. (verb)enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
  4. (verb)minimize loss or risk
  5. (noun)a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
  6. (noun)any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
  7. (noun)an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement