hedging

(noun, verb)

noun

1. any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change

Similar word(s): hedge

Definition categories: possession, protection, security

2. an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement

- when you say `maybe' you are just hedging

Similar word(s): hedge

Definition categories: communication, equivocation, evasion

verb

1. present participle of hedge