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How to pronounce “hedge”

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Pronunciation guide for hedge

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of hedge with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Readhedge fund um which I'll have more to
Definition summary: A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.

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The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read

hedge fund um which I'll have more to

[Noun]
A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
(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.
(linguistics, especially applied linguistics and pragmatics) A noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
(finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
(UK, Ireland, attributive, figurative) With indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; third-rate, poor, shoddy.
[Verb]
(transitive) To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
(transitive) To obstruct or surround.
(transitive, finance) To offset the risk associated with.
(ambitransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.
(intransitive) To construct or repair a hedge.
(intransitive, finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.