To offset the risk associated with.
To obstruct or surround.
To construct or repair a hedge.
To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
To reduce one's exposure to risk.
To avoid verbal commitment.
Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
Used attributively, with figurative indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; third-rate.
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.
A non-committal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.
To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance