- In Gardening and Agriculture , a Hedge or hedgerow is a boundary formed by growing plants so that their limbs intertwine. This is the original meaning of the word. It may also refer to the Osage-orange tree which is a commonly called a hedge tree.
- In Gambling and Finance , a Hedge is a bet or investment taken to reduce loss if another bet or investment turns out unfavourably.
- In Linguistics , Hedge s are intentionally non-comittal or ambiguous Sentence Fragment s, such as "sort of", "kind of", "like".
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