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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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HEDGING BETS ON THE HIGH SEAS As the latest ship seizures off the coast of Somalia demonstrate, piracy has not let up following the Apr.
The announcement came just weeks after Cathay said it had lost more than a billion US dollars in 2008, the company's first full-year loss in a decade, due to the global slowdown as well as hedging bets on fuel prices that went wrong.
And just weeks ago the firm posted an annual loss of more than a billion US dollars in 2008, its first full-year loss for a decade as demand fell off due to the economics slowdown as well as losses on fuel hedging bets.
 
 
 
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