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noun 
  1. A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.
  2. (finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
The commodity price boom is here to stay as money flows from the investment community are expected to surge because the asset class acts as a .
Translations: 
  • French: haie
  • German: Hecke
  • Italian: siepe
  • Spanish: seto
verb (hedg, ing)
  1. To stonewall; to avoid answering question.
Please stop hedging and just answer my question!

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