hedging

Questions about hedging

What does hedging mean?

hedging means "any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hedging?

hedging has 2 syllables: hed-ging. The stress falls on "hed". In IPA it is /ˈhɛdʒɪŋ/.

What is another word for hedging?

Close synonyms include hedge, hedge. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hedging a common word?

hedging is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.