hedge

noun HEJ Rare

Origin: English loanword used in Italian financial terminology.

Usage Note

Hedge is used exclusively as a financial anglicism in Italian, almost always in the compound hedge fund (fondo speculativo is the official Italian equivalent but rarely used). It is invariable and masculine — un hedge, gli hedge. Outside finance, the English word has no Italian currency; Italians would say siepe for a garden hedge. The seed POS 'adjective' is an error — it functions as a noun (modifier in hedge fund).

Examples

"Molti hedge fund operano dai paradisi fiscali."

Natural Translation

Many hedge funds operate from tax havens.

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