hedging

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hedging (enc)

Noun	1.	hedging - any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change hedge protection, security - defense against financial failure; financial independence; "his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"
	2.	hedging - an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging" hedge equivocation, evasion - a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

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