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Exact Match:

hedge

a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes

an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"

any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change

minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property"

hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in"

Synonyms:

• abate,
• about the bush,
• adjust to,
• allowance,
• alter,
• around the bush,
• assuage,
• bar,
• beat about,
• beat around,
• beg the question,
• bicker,
• boggle,
• border line,
• bound,
• boundary,
• boundary condition,
• boundary line,
• bourn,
• box in,
• break boundary,
• breakoff point,
• bulkhead in,
• cage,
• calculation,
• canniness,
• care,
• careful consideration,
• carefulness,
• caution,
• cautiousness,
• cavil,
• ceiling,
• cession,
• choplogic,
• circumscribe,
• circumscription,
• circumspection,
• clear the decks,
• compass,
• concession,
• condition,
• confine,
• consider every angle,
• contain,
• coop,
• copyright,
• corral,
• cutoff,
• cutoff point,
• deadline,
• deliberate stages,
• deliberateness,
• deliberation,
• delimitation,
• determinant,
• diminish,
• discipline,
• discretion,
• division line,
• dodge,
• draw the line,
• duck,
• end,
• equivocate,
• evade,
• evade the issue,
• exception,
• exemption,
• extenuating circumstances,
• extremity,
• fence,
• finish,
• floor,
• forearm,
• frontier,
• gingerliness,
• grain of salt,
• grant,
• guard against,
• guardedness,
• hedge about,
• hedging,
• heed,
• heedfulness,
• hem,
• hem and haw,
• hesitation,
• high-water mark,
• immure,
• interface,
• judiciousness,
• leave out nothing,
• leaven,
• limen,
• limit,
• limitation,
• limiting factor,
• line,
• line of demarcation,
• low-water mark,
• lower limit,
• make sure,
• make sure against,
• march,
• mark,
• mental reservation,
• mete,
• mew,
• mindfulness,
• mitigate,
• moderate,
• modification,
• modify,
• modulate,
• mystify,
• narrow,
• nitpick,
• obscure,
• overlook no possibility,
• pale,
• palisade,
• palliate,
• palter,
• parry,
• patent,
• pawkiness,
• pen,
• pick nits,
• picket,
• play safe,
• prepare for,
• prevaricate,
• prior consultation,
• provide a hedge,
• provide against,
• provide for,
• prudence,
• prudentialness,
• pull away,
• pull back,
• pussyfoot,
• put off,
• qualification,
• qualify,
• quibble,
• rail,
• recoil,
• reduce,
• reef down,
• regardfulness,
• register,
• regulate by,
• reservation,
• restrain,
• restrict,
• restriction,
• safeness,
• safety first,
• salvo,
• scant,
• season,
• set conditions,
• set limits,
• sheer off,
• shift,
• shift off,
• shorten sail,
• shrink,
• shuffle,
• shy,
• shy away,
• shy off,
• sidestep,
• slowness to act,
• soften,
• solicitude,
• special case,
• special treatment,
• specialize,
• specialness,
• specification,
• split hairs,
• start,
• starting line,
• starting point,
• step aside,
• stint,
• straiten,
• swerve,
• take measures,
• take precautions,
• take steps,
• target date,
• temper,
• tentativeness,
• tergiversate,
• term,
• terminal date,
• terminus,
• thoroughness,
• threshold,
• time allotment,
• uncommunicativeness,
• unprecipitateness,
• upper limit,
• waiver,
• wall,
• ward off,
• weasel