Definition of hedge-sparrow:
(n) :
(finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
(v) :
(transitive, finance) To offset the risk associated with.
(v) :
(intransitive, finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.
(n) :
(linguistics, especially applied linguistics and pragmatics) A noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
(v) :
(ambitransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.
(n) :
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.