hedger

[hej-er]

noun

1. a person who makes or repairs hedges.

2. a person who hedges in betting, speculating, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hedger¹

1250–1300; Middle English (in surnames); hedge, -er ¹

Example Sentences

That report details the long and short positions of hedgers and speculators in a variety of futures markets.

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So, for better and worse, “voters of conscience” are relegated to the too often, too hapless party of wafflers and hedgers.

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Excluding Hess and Apache, the two highest hedgers, the group held only 428 million barrels.

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Another group of inveterate hedgers are international banks which, by the nature of their business, will have both assets and liabilities in a wide range of currencies.

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Foreign currencies were being bought by holidaymakers and hedgers alike.

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