Real Dictionary

hedge
countable noun: A hedge is a row of bushes or small trees, usually along the edge of a garden, field, or road.
verb: If you hedge against something unpleasant or unwanted that might affect you, especially losing money, you do something which will protect you from it.

hedge in Accounting
verb: If you hedge, you reduce risk when conducting a transaction by doing an opposite transaction.

hedge in American English
a row of closely planted shrubs, bushes, or trees forming a boundary or fence
of, in, or near a hedge
to hide or protect oneself, as if behind a hedge
to place a hedge around or along; border or bound with a hedge
intransitive verb: to avoid a rigid commitment by qualifying or modifying a position so as to permit withdrawal
noun: a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, esp. when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow
transitive verb: to enclose with or separate by a hedge

hedge in British English
noun: a row of shrubs, bushes, or trees forming a boundary to a field, garden, etc
verb: to enclose or separate with or as if with a hedge

hedge in Finance
verb: If you hedge, you reduce risk when conducting a transaction by doing an opposite transaction.