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▸ noun: A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
▸ noun: (UK, West Country, chiefly Devon and Cornwall) A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
▸ noun: (pragmatics) A non-committal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
▸ noun: (finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
▸ noun: (UK, Ireland, noun adjunct) Used attributively, with figurative indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; third-rate.
▸ verb: (transitive) To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
▸ verb: (transitive) To obstruct or surround.
▸ verb: (transitive, finance) To offset the risk associated with.
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To construct or repair a hedge.
▸ verb: (intransitive, finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.
▸ noun: A surname.
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