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  2. Hedge (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Hedging in category membership is used in reference to the prototype theory, to signify the extent to which items are typical or atypical members of different categories. Hedges might be used in writing, to downplay a harsh critique or a generalization, or in speaking, to lessen the impact of an utterance due to politeness constraints between a ...

  3. Hedge (finance) - Wikipedia

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    Hedging is the practice of taking a position in one market to offset and balance against the risk adopted by assuming a position in a contrary or opposing market or investment. The word hedge is from Old English hecg, originally any fence, living or artificial. The first known use of the word as a verb meaning 'dodge, evade' dates from the ...

  4. Hedge - Wikipedia

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    A typical clipped European beech hedge in the Eifel, Germany. A round hedge of creeping groundsel. A hedge or hedgerow is a line of closely spaced (3 feet or closer) shrubs and sometimes trees, planted and trained to form a barrier or to mark the boundary of an area, such as between neighbouring properties. Hedges that are used to separate a ...

  5. What Is Hedging? Here’s What Investors Should Know - AOL

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    Hedging is an investment strategy that is simple in concept but that can be difficult in execution. The primary uses of hedging strategies are to either lock in a profit or to protect against a...

  6. Investor’s Guide to Hedging - AOL

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    A hedge can be a particular investment or investment strategy that’s designed to insulate your portfolio against risk. Hedging … Continue reading → The post Investor’s Guide to Hedging ...

  7. Commodity Hedging 101 - AOL

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    Hedging helps investors lock in the price of a commodity for a set period of time. Airlines do it to lock in the lowest price for fuel, while oil producers do it to lock in the highest price. The ...

  8. Metadiscourse - Wikipedia

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    In science writing specifically, hedging allows writers to publish scientific information without it coming across as absolute or hypercritical in nature. Therefore, science writers use hedging to communicate knowledge in a way that avoids making non-expert audiences entirely confident in the text. [4] Hedging in science writing may look like this:

  9. Hedge fund - Wikipedia

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    Simple English; Српски / srpski ... A hedge fund is a pooled investment fund that holds liquid assets and that makes use of complex trading and risk management ...