unhedge

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ hedge.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To undo the hedging of (in various senses).
   • 2016, F. Cowell, Practical Quantitative Investment Management with Derivatives, page 438:

     […] 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.

   • 2007, Janet McCabe, Kim Akass, Quality TV: Contemporary American Television and Beyond:

     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'.