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Noun
S: (n) hedge, hedging (any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change)
S: (n) hedge, hedging (an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement) "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"
Verb
S: (v) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep (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"
W: (n) hedge [Related to: hedge] (an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement) "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"
W: (n) hedger [Related to: hedge] (a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer)
W: (n) hedging [Related to: hedge] (an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement) "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"
W: (n) evasion [Related to: evade] (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do) "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
W: (n) dodging [Related to: dodge] (deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening)
W: (n) dodging [Related to: dodge] (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do) "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"