The hemoglobin level is expressed as the amount of hemoglobin in grams (gm) per deciliter (dL) of whole blood, a deciliter being 100 milliliters. The normal ranges for hemoglobin depend on the age and, beginning in adolescence, the gender of the person.
hedge verb [I/T] (LIMIT). âº to âlimit something âseverely: [T] Congressmen were âwarned against hedging âtheir âsupport for the âmissile âprogram. âº To hedge is also to âtry to âavoid giving an âanswer or taking any âaction: [I] Officials âcontinued to hedge on âexactly when the âprogram would âbegin.
Producer hedging involves selling corn futures contracts as a temporary substitute for selling corn in the local cash market. Hedging is a temporary substitute, since the corn will eventually be sold in the cash market. Hedging is defined as taking equal but opposite positions in the cash and futures market. For example, assume a producer who has harvested 10,000 bushels of corn and placed it in storage in a grain bin. By selling 10,000 bushels of corn futures the producer is in a hedged position.