OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14456

hedge

/hɛd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cerco vivo • sebe • seto • seto vivo
A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim coul…
He trims the hedge once a week.
cobertura • protección • resguardo
Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
A hedge is an investment position intended to offset potential losses/gains that may be incurred by a companion investment. In simple language, a hedge is used to reduce any substa…
The asset class acts as a hedge.
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