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unhedge

unhedge verb: to undo the hedging of (in various senses).

Verb

unhedge (third-person singular simple present unhedges, present participle unhedging, simple past and past participle unhedged)

  1. (transitive) To undo the hedging of (in various senses).
    • […] 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.2016, F. Cowell, Practical Quantitative Investment Management with Derivatives, page 438
    • 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'.2007, Janet McCabe, Kim Akass, Quality TV: Contemporary American Television and Beyond

Forms of unhedge

third-person singular presentunhedges
present participleunhedging
past participleunhedged
pastunhedged

Origin of unhedge

From un- + hedge.

Questions about unhedge

What does unhedge mean?
Unhedge means to undo the hedging of (in various senses).
What part of speech is unhedge?
Unhedge is a verb.
What is the past tense of unhedge?
The past tense of unhedge is unhedged.

Words near unhedge in the dictionary

  1. unheavy
  2. unheckled
  3. unhectic
  4. unhectored
  5. unheddled
  6. unhedge
  7. unhedgeable
  8. unhedged
  9. unhedges
  10. unhedging
  11. unhedonistic

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