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English noun: hedging

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


Synonymshedge


Broader (hypernym)protection, security

2. hedging (communication) an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement


SamplesWhen you say `maybe' you are just hedging.


Synonymshedge


Broader (hypernym)equivocation, evasion









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