Noun

• S: (n) hedge, hedgerow (a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes)
• 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)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) security, protection (defense against financial failure; financial independence) "his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"
• S: (n) easy street (financial security)
• 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) insurance (promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company)
• 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"
• S: (v) hedge (hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge) "The animals were hedged in"
• S: (v) hedge, hedge in (enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges) "hedge the property"
• S: (v) hedge (minimize loss or risk) "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"