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Synonyms for hedge
hɛdʒhedge

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. hedge, hedgerownoun

    a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes

    Synonyms:
    hedging, hedgerow

  2. hedge, hedgingnoun

    any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change

    Synonyms:
    hedging, hedgerow

  3. hedge, hedgingverb

    an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement

    "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"

    Synonyms:
    hedging, hedgerow

  4. 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, skirt

  5. hedgeverb

    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, dodge

  6. hedge, 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, dodge

  7. hedgeverb

    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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hedgenoun

    Synonyms:
    fence (of bushes or shrubs), hedge-fence

  2. hedgeverb

    Synonyms:
    enclose with a hedge

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "hedge":

    speculative, hedging, coverage, cover

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How to use hedge in a sentence?

  1. George Soros:

    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.

  2. Nabil Naccoul:

    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.

  3. Kenneth Heinz:

    With global industry capital at a record level, competitive market pressures continue to shape the evolving landscape of the hedge fund industry.

  4. Norman Ornstein:

    In effect, aren't you saying, 'I may not win the presidency so why not hedge my bets?'.

  5. 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.


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