adjective. qualified; limited or restricted.

verb. Simple past tense and past participle of hedge.

adjective. Offset by another financial asset.

adjective. evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement

"If the yields of yen-denominated bonds look poor — for example, if the 20-year government bond gets stuck below 1.7% — "we may have to reinvest matured domestic bonds and loans in hedged foreign bonds," said Michihisa Tanimoto, managing director and director of the board of Sumitomo Life Insurance Co.,"

qualified  

alleged  dredged  edged  fledged  pledged  

hedges  

qualified  weasel-worded  

hedge