Term: hedger: someone who counterbalances one transaction (as a bet) against another in order to protect against loss
Broader: speculator: someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains | Unrelated: genus kniphofia: genus of showy clump-forming African herbs with grasslike leaves; sometimes placed in family Aloeaceae
Broader: speculator: someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains | Unrelated: floater: an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
Broader: speculator: someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains | Unrelated: european smelt: common smelt of Europe
Broader: speculator: someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains | Unrelated: psithyrus: a large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste
Broader: speculator: someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains | Unrelated: shoveler: freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
Broader: speculator: someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains | Unrelated: conspectus: an overall summary
Broader: speculator: someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains | Unrelated: bignonia: one species: cross vine
Broader: speculator: someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains | Unrelated: venus's flower basket: a deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework; found in the waters of the East Indies and the eastern coast of Asia
Broader: speculator: someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains | Unrelated: whiteout: an arctic atmospheric condition with clouds over snow produce a uniform whiteness and objects are difficult to see; occurs when the light reflected off the snow equals the light coming through the clouds
Broader: speculator: someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains | Unrelated: divination: successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck