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hedge
4 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural hedges
plural hedges
Learner's definition of HEDGE
[count]
1
: a row of shrubs or small trees that are planted close to each other in order to form a boundary（用灌木或矮树筑起的）树篱
2
: something that provides protection or defense防护物；保护手段 — usually + against
- She invests her money as a hedge against inflation.她将钱用于投资以防通货膨胀。
- hedges against loss/disappointment/uncertainty/failure避免损失/失望/不确定性/失败的手段
2 hedge /ˈhɛʤ/ verb
hedges; hedged; hedging
2 hedge
/ˈhɛʤ/
verb
hedges; hedged; hedging
Learner's definition of HEDGE
1
[+ object] : to surround (an area) with a hedge用树篱围起
- The garden is hedged by flowering shrubs.花园被开花的灌木围着。
2
: to avoid giving a promise or direct answer回避；绕弯子
[no object]
- She hedged when she was asked to support the campaign.当被要求支持这个运动时，她闪烁其词。
[+ object]
- He hedged his earlier comments about the need for new management.对他早先提出的需要更换管理层的论调他避而不谈。
hedge against
[phrasal verb] hedge against (something)
: to protect yourself from (something)预防；以防
- They hedge against inflation by investing their money.他们通过投资来预防通货膨胀。
- looking for ways to hedge against risk/failure找寻避免风险/失败的方法
hedge around
[phrasal verb] or hedge about hedge (something) around/about British
: to limit or restrict (something)限制 — usually used as (be) hedged通常用作(be) hedged; — usually + with or by
- Their offer is so hedged around with conditions [=so restricted by conditions] that it hardly seems worthwhile.他们的建议受如此多条件的限制，似乎没什么价值。
- a rule that is hedged about by exceptions受到诸多例外条款限制的规则
hedge in
[phrasal verb] 1
hedge in (something) or hedge (something) in : to form a boundary around (something)把…围住；包围
- a field hedged in [=surrounded] by trees一块被树木环绕的地
2
hedge in (someone) or hedge (someone) in : to surround or restrict (someone) in a way that prevents free movement or action限制自由行动
- We have been hedged in by their rules and regulations.我们被他们的规章制度束缚住了。
hedge your bets
: to do things that will prevent great loss or failure if future events do not happen as you plan or hope（为防止巨大损失或失败而）多面下注，多方投资
- They decided to hedge their bets by putting half their money in stocks and the other half in bonds.他们决定两面下注，一半钱投资股票，另一半钱投资债券。
hedged; hedging
1
: to enclose or protect with or as if with a dense row of shrubs or low trees : to enclose or protect with or as if with a hedge (see hedge entry 1 sense 1a) : encircle
2
: to confine so as to prevent freedom of movement or action : to obstruct with or as if with a barrier : hinder
3
a
: to buy or sell commodity futures (see future entry 2 sense 3) as a protection against loss due to price fluctuation
b
: to minimize the risk of a bet
hedger noun
2
: born, living, or made alongside or as if alongside a dense row of shrubs or low trees : born, living, or made near or as if near hedges (see hedge entry 1 sense 1a) : roadside
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun the messenger was confronted with a hedge of spears held aloft by the castle guards Verb The garden is hedged by flowering shrubs. She hedged when she was asked to support the campaign. He hedged his earlier comments about the need for new management.
Recent Examples on the Web
Nicole Kagan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022 Makita explains that the teal guard on the hedge trimmer’s shear blade is missing. Chris Smith, BGR, 6 Aug. 2022 Falling delinquency rates, coupled with rent increases, create the ultimate hedge against inflation through CRE. Marc Deluca, Forbes, 18 July 2022 Her attention tracks to the hedge bordering the yard. Lesley Finn, Longreads, 7 July 2022 The alternative is a fence – either around your entire yard or around the hedge. oregonlive, 22 Nov. 2021 With Mack watching him through the house’s window, just as Ridgeway Sr. used to do, Ridgeway moodily wanders the property, back through the hedge maze that leads to his mother’s grave. Steffan Triplett, Vulture, 16 May 2021 Make sure future pruning keeps the hedge wider at the base than at the top. Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 15 May 2021 The battalion chief told OnScene TV the fire spread to the hedge next to the SUV and threatened the residence on the other side. Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2021 WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022 Besides, a weak Indian rupee and risky external accounts require local importers to hedge their currency exposures more than necessary, experts believe. Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 25 Aug. 2022 To be sure, foreign exchange fallout likely will eat into a tiny fraction of revenues, especially as companies hedge against the pain. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 19 July 2022 Married to hedge-fund titan Israel Englander, Ms. Englander is a photographer and chairman of the board of the International Center of Photography in New York City, according to the center’s website. Libertina Brandt, WSJ, 20 July 2022 One of the primary reasons that volatility has been subdued of late is that investors have shifted their portfolios away from stocks, lessening the need to hedge. Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022 Today, institutions are using options for tailor risk-management solutions or to hedge portfolios or positions. Vildana Hajric, Fortune, 25 June 2022 Asset managers can engage in different strategies to hedge or boost returns around foreign exchange rates, but the takeaway is that currency can be another layer of diversification. Valuations. Kristin Mckenna, Forbes, 22 June 2022 There’s also a way to hedge a bit with a place or show bet. Xl Media, cleveland, 11 June 2022 Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 Now two years after his death, his parents, Angel Jaquez, 71, and Janis Jaquez, 61, reminisced about their son in a sit-down interview with The Courant in their backyard surrounded by flowerpots and a hedge fence. Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2022 Resembles a hedge trimmer':A man visiting Florida wanted to catch a shark. Brian Broom, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2022 Traditional venture firms have been raising new funds quickly, while hedge funds and private-equity investors have moved into the market. Eliot Brown, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2022 Essentially, a coordinated group of retail traders grew upset at how hedge funds make money by betting that struggling companies' stocks will decline in value. Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 2 June 2021 Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital, which invests billions in hedge funds for wealthy individual clients, has created special-purpose vehicles dedicated to investments in private companies. Juliet Chung, WSJ, 19 May 2021 The filing, a quarterly rundown of holdings required of hedge funds of a certain size, said the position was worth $534 million -- an amount likely derived by multiplying Tesla’s share price on March 31 by the number of shares Scion bet against. Jeremy Herron, Fortune, 18 May 2021 Its investments, which include holdings in mutual and hedge funds, increased to $635.3 million in 2020, up from $187.8 million in 2010. R.t. Watson, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2021 See More
Noun
On Monday, the scene still bore scars of the crash as the hedge in front of the house had collapsed and the lawn was littered with a furry white pillow, a navy couch, pieces of wall and bricks. Nicole Kagan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022 Makita explains that the teal guard on the hedge trimmer’s shear blade is missing. Chris Smith, BGR, 6 Aug. 2022 Falling delinquency rates, coupled with rent increases, create the ultimate hedge against inflation through CRE. Marc Deluca, Forbes, 18 July 2022 Her attention tracks to the hedge bordering the yard. Lesley Finn, Longreads, 7 July 2022 The alternative is a fence – either around your entire yard or around the hedge. oregonlive, 22 Nov. 2021 With Mack watching him through the house’s window, just as Ridgeway Sr. used to do, Ridgeway moodily wanders the property, back through the hedge maze that leads to his mother’s grave. Steffan Triplett, Vulture, 16 May 2021 Make sure future pruning keeps the hedge wider at the base than at the top. Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 15 May 2021 The battalion chief told OnScene TV the fire spread to the hedge next to the SUV and threatened the residence on the other side. Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2021 Verb
That is due to Wall Street banks on the other side of options trades seeking to hedge their positions. WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022 Besides, a weak Indian rupee and risky external accounts require local importers to hedge their currency exposures more than necessary, experts believe. Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 25 Aug. 2022 To be sure, foreign exchange fallout likely will eat into a tiny fraction of revenues, especially as companies hedge against the pain. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 19 July 2022 Married to hedge-fund titan Israel Englander, Ms. Englander is a photographer and chairman of the board of the International Center of Photography in New York City, according to the center’s website. Libertina Brandt, WSJ, 20 July 2022 One of the primary reasons that volatility has been subdued of late is that investors have shifted their portfolios away from stocks, lessening the need to hedge. Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022 Today, institutions are using options for tailor risk-management solutions or to hedge portfolios or positions. Vildana Hajric, Fortune, 25 June 2022 Asset managers can engage in different strategies to hedge or boost returns around foreign exchange rates, but the takeaway is that currency can be another layer of diversification. Valuations. Kristin Mckenna, Forbes, 22 June 2022 There’s also a way to hedge a bit with a place or show bet. Xl Media, cleveland, 11 June 2022 Adjective
Goldman Sachs analysts recently said that mutual and hedge funds are conservatively positioned. Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 Now two years after his death, his parents, Angel Jaquez, 71, and Janis Jaquez, 61, reminisced about their son in a sit-down interview with The Courant in their backyard surrounded by flowerpots and a hedge fence. Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2022 Resembles a hedge trimmer':A man visiting Florida wanted to catch a shark. Brian Broom, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2022 Traditional venture firms have been raising new funds quickly, while hedge funds and private-equity investors have moved into the market. Eliot Brown, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2022 Essentially, a coordinated group of retail traders grew upset at how hedge funds make money by betting that struggling companies' stocks will decline in value. Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 2 June 2021 Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital, which invests billions in hedge funds for wealthy individual clients, has created special-purpose vehicles dedicated to investments in private companies. Juliet Chung, WSJ, 19 May 2021 The filing, a quarterly rundown of holdings required of hedge funds of a certain size, said the position was worth $534 million -- an amount likely derived by multiplying Tesla’s share price on March 31 by the number of shares Scion bet against. Jeremy Herron, Fortune, 18 May 2021 Its investments, which include holdings in mutual and hedge funds, increased to $635.3 million in 2020, up from $187.8 million in 2010. R.t. Watson, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English hegge, heyg "fence formed by a row of shrubs, bush, underbrush," going back to Old English *hecg "fence formed by shrubs, boundary fence," attested in dative hegge, hecge (also Old English hecge, weak feminine noun, in same sense), going back to Germanic *hagjō (whence also Middle Dutch hegghe "hedge," Old High German hegga "palisade," Middle High German hegge, hecke "hedge"), derivative of a base *hag- "enclosure formed by shrubs" — more at haw entry 1
Verb
Middle English heggen, hedgyn "to make a hedge, fence in with a hedge," derivative of hegge, heyg hedge entry 1
Adjective
from attributive use of hedge entry 1
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Adjective
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of hedge was before the 12th century Phrases Containing hedge
noun
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