unhedge

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verb

To undo the hedging of (in various senses).

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Meanings

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

present singular third person unhedges · participle present unhedging · participle past unhedged · past unhedged

  1. transitiveTo 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
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    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

Origin

From un- + hedge.

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APA

unhedge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhedge

MLA

“unhedge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhedge. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unhedge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhedge.

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