Australian English Meaning of hedges

hedges

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Definitions and Meaning of hedges in English

hedges

a fence or boundary formed by a dense row of shrubs or low trees, to evade the risk of commitment especially by leaving open a way of retreat, to confine so as to prevent freedom of movement or action, to reduce possible losses in speculative transactions by engaging in offsetting transactions (as futures trading), barrier sense 1, limit, born, living, or made alongside or as if alongside a dense row of shrubs or low trees, to enclose or protect with or as if with a hedge, to buy or sell commodity futures (see future entry 2 sense 3) as a protection against loss due to price fluctuation, to plant, form, or trim a hedge, to enclose or protect with or as if with a dense row of shrubs or low trees, of, relating to, or designed for a hedge (see hedge entry 1), such as, a means of protection or defense (as against financial loss), barrier, limit, a boundary formed by a dense row of shrubs or low trees, to protect oneself financially, a calculatedly noncommittal or evasive statement, inferior sense 1, to block with or as if with a barrier, to protect oneself from losing or failing by a counterbalancing action, to minimize the risk of a bet, to avoid giving a direct or exact answer or promise

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hedges

a fence or boundary formed by a dense row of shrubs or low trees, to evade the risk of commitment especially by leaving open a way of retreat, to confine so as

barriers,fences,walls,blocks,chains,hurdles,Bars,buffers,Bumpers,Clogs

doors,Doorways,Entrances,entries,gates,portals,breaks,Entrances,entryways,gaps

hedge (in) => Hedge (in), hectors => hectors, heckles => heckling, hecklers => hecklers, heckled => heckled,