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hedge
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hedge noun caution, circumspection, course of prooection, equivocation, hesitancy, hesitation, instrumentality of protection, means of protection, method of protection, prevention against loss, prevention of downside, protection against loss, safeguard
Associated concepts: hedge laws, hedges encroaching on another, hedge against inflation, notice of appeal as hedge against loss, person's property
hedge verb be careful, be cautious, border, bound, circle, circumscribe, compass, conceal, cover, delimit, delineate, demarcate, divide, dodge, edge, enclose, encompass, ensphere, evade, fence, flank, girdle, guard, hide, limit, mark off, outline, play safe, render safe, ring, safeguard, screen, shelter, shield, surround
See also: deceive, equivocate, evade, outbalance, parry, prevaricate, protection, shelter, tergiversate


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Developers hedged bets that promised long-term energy savings and the uniqueness of the trend would cause buyers to invest more, thus offsetting proportionally higher green construction costs.
Albanese enters final strait in Battery Park building by Wolffe, Danielle / Real Estate Weekly
What a vision of human possibility that is--no hedged bets there, a citizenry accepting and exercising the responsibility for its own well-being.
Why is politics not a synonym for government? (Compass Points) by Voigt, Cynthia / The Horn Book Magazine
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