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.
Hedging is the practice of taking a position in one market to offset and balance against the risk adopted by assuming a position in a contrary or opposing market or investment.The word hedge is from Old English hecg, originally any fence, living or artificial.nother way to hedge is the beta neutral. Beta is the historical correlation between a stock and an index. If the beta of a Vodafone stock is 2, then for a 10,000 GBP long position in Vodafone an investor would hedge with a 20,000 GBP equivalent short position in the FTSE futures.