hedging
he jing
- n any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
- n an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
when you say `maybe' you are just hedging - v avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- v hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
- v enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
- v minimize loss or risk
- And their frenzied jockeying for position suggests that power in Baghdad may soon once again be up for grabs and the smart politicians are hedging their bets.
- It is the nature of science to mix hope with hedging.
- While the actors' unions continue to spar, studios are hedging their bets when it comes to productions.