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Term: hedging

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  2. hedging

hedging

Definitions

Noun

  1. Any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
  2. An intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement

Verb

  1. Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
  2. Hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
  3. Enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
  4. Minimize loss or risk
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

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Words that contain the term "hedging".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 hedging 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "hedging".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 having 2 279
2 hearing 2 76
3 housing 2 59
4 heading 2 31
5 hoping 2 30
6 hanging 2 28
7 heating 2 24
8 hiding 2 17
9 hitting 2 17
10 hugging 2 7
11 hatching 2 6
12 healing 2 6
13 hiring 2 6
14 humming 2 6
15 hurling 2 5
16 hauling 2 4
17 heaving 2 4
18 hissing 2 4
19 hopping 2 4
20 hurrying 3 4
21 hitching 2 3
22 howling 2 3
23 hurting 2 3
24 hacking 2 2
25 hating 2 2
26 herring 2 2
27 hiking 2 2
28 hemming 2 1
29 herding 2 1
30 hobbing 2 1
31 hocking 2 1
32 hogging 2 1
33 homing 2 1
34 hooking 2 1
35 haering 3 0
36 hailing 2 0
37 halling 2 0
38 halving 2 0
39 haning 2 0
40 hanning 2 0
41 haring 2 0
42 harring 2 0
43 hashing 2 0
44 hassing 2 0
45 hawking 2 0
46 hazing 2 0
47 heaping 2 0
48 hedding 2 0
49 heeding 2 0
50 heeling 2 0
51 heling 2 0
52 helling 2 0
53 heming 2 0
54 henning 2 0
55 herling 2 0
56 herting 2 0
57 herzing 2 0
58 hessing 2 0
59 hewing 2 0
60 hibbing 2 0
61 hilling 2 0
62 hodding 2 0
63 holing 2 0
64 holling 2 0
65 honing 2 0
66 hosing 2 0
67 hoving 2 0
68 huffing 2 0
69 hyping 2 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "hedging".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 heading 2 31
2 hiding 2 17
3 edging 2 5
4 shedding 2 2
5 herding 2 1
6 headings 2 1
7 heeding 2 0
8 hedglin 2 0
9 hedding 2 0
10 hebding 2 0
11 hedin 2 0
12 edgin 2 0
13 pledging 2 0
14 heldring 2 0
15 hedinger 3 0
16 fledging 2 0
17 dredging 2 0
18 reding 2 0
19 hoeing 2 0
20 hodgin 2 0

Words That Follow

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Words That Precede

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Statistically Associated

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Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "hedging".

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Results:

Term

Definitions: 6

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 69

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

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How airlines have hedged against fuel price increases
Mar 12, 2026 Reuters
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Investors Hunt for Hedges as War Shatters Decades-Old Strategies
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Eon Resources Stock Jumps on Oil Hedging Announcement. Is High-Flying EONR a Buy Here?
Mar 12, 2026 Yahoo Finance
Canadian airlines hit by soaring jet fuel costs balance hedging and increasing ticket prices
Mar 13, 2026 The Globe and Mail
Vitesse Energy Expands 2026 Hedging to Enhance Stability
Mar 13, 2026 TipRanks
Retail Investors Are Bearish as Hedge Funds Bet on Big Gains. The Market Needs Both to Recover.
Mar 12, 2026 Barron's

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