Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underhedged

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-hedged
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

On a hedged a transaction, having too much cash flow committed to rated note debt coverage, leaving too little available for the income notes.

Example Sentences

"Instead, it was a collective failure of the governing five-man executive committee that over the years became so fixated on increasing the firm’s book value — and expecting the stock price to follow — that it lost sight of the concentrated, underhedged exposure to the home mortgage market that left Bear vulnerable."

Etymology

From under- + hedged.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Inflected Forms

more underhedged (comparative) most underhedged (superlative)

Antonyms

overhedged

Questions

What does underhedged mean?: On a hedged a transaction, having too much cash flow committed to rated note debt coverage, leaving too little available for the income notes.
Where does underhedged come from?: From under- + hedged.

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