hedge
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~ hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in"
hedge
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~ 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"
hedge
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~ minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"
hedge
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~ enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property"
hedge garlic
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~ European herb that smells like garlic
hedge
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~ an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"
hedge bindweed
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~ common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus
hedge
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~ a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
hedge
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~ any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
hedge fund
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~ a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million); can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging