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Synonyms for hedge
hɛdʒhedge
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Princeton's WordNet
hedge, hedgerownoun
a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
hedge, hedgingnoun
any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
hedge, hedgingverb
an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
"when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestepverb
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
"He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
Synonyms:
put over, circumvent, set back, dip, turn off, confuse, sidestep, cook, douse, overreach, beat, surround, dishearten, hold over, hem in, environ, defer, outfox, deflect, parry, dodge, remit, fake, duck, border, flurry, prorogue, block, outsmart, manipulate, put off, evade, falsify, table, misrepresent, postpone, hedge in, shelve, beleaguer, elude, disconcert, ring, wangle, escape, fudge, outwit, besiege, bilk, skirthedgeverb
hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
"The animals were hedged in"
Synonyms:
parry, circumvent, evade, elude, hedge in, fudge, put off, skirt, sidestep, duck, dodgehedge, hedge inverb
enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
"hedge the property"
Synonyms:
parry, circumvent, evade, elude, hedge in, fudge, put off, skirt, sidestep, duck, dodgehedgeverb
minimize loss or risk
"diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"
Synonyms:
parry, circumvent, evade, elude, hedge in, fudge, put off, skirt, sidestep, duck, dodge
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
hedgenoun
Synonyms:
fence (of bushes or shrubs), hedge-fencehedgeverb
Synonyms:
enclose with a hedge
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "hedge":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#464 | table | |
#846 | cover | |
#1517 | ring | |
#1662 | block | |
#1882 | coverage | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3139 | cook | |
#3282 | border | |
#4430 | escape | |
#4626 | dodge | |
#6134 | fake | |
#6185 | skirt | |
#7123 | duck | |
#8297 | surround | |
#9094 | dip | |
#11515 | hedge | |
#11813 | environ | |
#15115 | manipulate | |
#17688 | fudge | |
#20060 | confuse | |
#20140 | speculative | |
#21866 | parry | |
#23567 | defer | |
#24731 | remit | |
#26534 | hedging | |
#28220 | postpone | |
#33891 | circumvent | |
#35107 | sidestep | |
#35156 | flurry | |
#35306 | evade | |
#44754 | deflect | |
#57345 | misrepresent | |
#64306 | elude | |
#64838 | falsify | |
#77925 | outwit | |
#81713 | shelve | |
#86034 | hedgerow | |
#94911 | outsmart | |
#110802 | douse | |
#120061 | bilk | |
#141616 | besiege | |
#158476 | overreach | |
#308012 | wangle | |
#311709 | disconcert | |
#322072 | dishearten |
How to use hedge in a sentence?
The value of the pound would decline precipitously. It would also have an immediate and dramatic impact on financial markets, investment, prices and jobs, i would expect this devaluation to be bigger and also more disruptive than the 15 percent devaluation that occurred in September 1992, when I was fortunate enough to make a substantial profit for my hedge fund investors.
Given the contango, those who hedged the calendar year have done better. Producers are doing more calendar hedging and right now as hedging the front doesn't make any sense because of the shape of the curve, if you're confident that current prices and the shape of the curve are here to stay, then it makes sense to hedge at these levels.
With global industry capital at a record level, competitive market pressures continue to shape the evolving landscape of the hedge fund industry.
In effect, aren't you saying, 'I may not win the presidency so why not hedge my bets?'.
The Europe prime brokerage chief:
You're seeing hedge funds set up financing desks equivalent to a PB (prime brokerage) house so that they understand how we evaluate the clients, so they can help optimise their activity, because every prime has a slightly different sweetspot across markets.
Translations for hedge
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- وشيعArabic
- tanca vivaCatalan, Valencian
- živý plotCzech
- clawddWelsh
- hækDanish
- HeckeGerman
- heĝoEsperanto
- seto, cerco vivo, cobertura, seto vivoSpanish
- پرچینPersian
- pensasaita, suojaus, [[korjata]] [[aita]], tasapainoilla, aidata, suojata, pyöritelläFinnish
- haie, couverture de risqueFrench
- fàl, callaidScottish Gaelic
- sebeGalician
- cleihManx
- sövényHungarian
- limgerði, hekkIcelandic
- siepeItalian
- 垣根Japanese
- ბუჩქებისGeorgian
- 울타리Korean
- saepēsLatin
- жива оградаMacedonian
- hekkNorwegian
- haagDutch
- hekkNorwegian Nynorsk
- żywopłotPolish
- cobertura de risco, sebePortuguese
- изгородьRussian
- živičnjak, živicaSerbo-Croatian
- häckSwedish
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