Image:Longleat Hedge Maze (detail).JPG|thumb|right|A maze of hedges.
English
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Pronunciation
h�j, /hed�/, /<tt>hedZ</tt>/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�d�|-�d�

Noun
en-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 hedge.

Translations
Danish: (thicket of bushes) hæk c
French: haie f
Finnish: pensasaita
German: Hecke f
Italian: siepe f
Korean: ��리 (ultari)
Portuguese: barda f
Russian: живой|жива� изго�од� (živája ízgorod�) f
Spanish: seto m
Swedish: häck

Verb
en-verb|hedg|ing

1. To stonewall; to avoid answering question.

#:Please stop hedging and just answer my question!

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zh:hedge

• 2007-12-25 08:22 - Stephen G. Brown - /* Translations */

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