hedged
Meaning of hedged
verb, past tense
- surround with a hedge.
a garden hedged with yew
- limit or qualify (something) by conditions or exceptions.
they hedged their story about with provisos
- protect oneself against loss on (a bet or investment) by making balancing or compensating transactions.
the company hedged its investment position on the futures market
the depth of the Treasury futures market makes it a popular place to hedge against adverse market swings
Old English hegg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heg and German Hecke .
Information about hedged
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Hyphenation of hedged
hedged
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- hedged is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
hedged synonyms
Meaning be all round (someone or something):
Meaning surround or close off on all sides:
Meaning form a circle around; surround:
Meaning move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once:
Meaning surround (someone or something), especially for protection or containment:
Meaning form an edge along or beside (something):
Meaning provide with a border or edge:
Meaning walk or run with leaping strides:
Meaning encircle (a person or part of the body) with a belt or band:
Meaning encircle (the body) with a girdle:
Meaning surround; encircle:
Meaning keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time):
Meaning put a limit on; keep under control:
Meaning set or serve as a limit to:
Meaning make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen:
Meaning block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of:
Meaning delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder:
Meaning compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action:
Meaning catch (an animal) in a trap:
Meaning only a short distance away or apart in space or time:
Meaning protect from harm or damage with an appropriate measure:
Meaning keep safe from harm or injury:
Meaning protect from a danger, risk, or unpleasant experience:
Meaning watch over in order to protect or control:
Meaning soften the effect of an impact on:
Meaning put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it:
Meaning arrange for compensation in the event of damage to or loss of (property), or injury to or the death of (someone), in exchange for regular payments to a company or to the state:
Words that rhyme with hedged
badged, cadged, fadged, rebadged, unbadged, acknowledged, alledged, beedged, disacknowledged, disedged, dredged, edged, featheredged, fledged, gledged, impledged, interpledged, inwedged, kedged, knowledged, ledged, outedged, overdredged, pledged, preacknowledged, prepledged, reacknowledged, repledged, sedged, selvedged, sledged, straightedged, unacknowledged, undredged, unedged, unfledged, unhedged, unledged, unpledged, unwedged, wedged, abridged, bridged, enridged, fidged, fridged, outbridged, overbridged, reabridged, ridged
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