FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

v (intransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.

n A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.

n A non-committal or intentionally ambiguous statement.

n (finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).

n (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.

v (transitive) To enclose.

v (transitive) To obstruct.

v (transitive|finance) To offset the risk associated with.

v (intransitive) To construct or repair a hedge.

v (intransitive|finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.