Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unhedge

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-hedge
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To undo the hedging of (in various senses).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[…] then the manager must unhedge the face value of the foreign futures contracts by buying forward foreign exchange to give the appropriate currency exposure on the face value of assets held in each country."
"He hopes in time to 'whittle away at the scare quotes [around 'serious drama'], to unhedge the bets, and to justify the claim that the tradition of television drama I am concerned with is serious in particular ways'."

Etymology

From un- + hedge.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unhedges (present, singular) unhedging (participle, present) unhedged (participle, past) unhedged (past)

Questions

What does unhedge mean?: To undo the hedging of (in various senses).
Where does unhedge come from?: From un- + hedge.

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