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Meaning of hedging

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  hedging
      n 1: any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial
           risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset
           each other if prices change [syn: {hedge}, {hedging}]
      2: an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when
         you say `maybe' you are just hedging" [syn: {hedge},
         {hedging}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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