unhedge

Etymology

From un- + hedge.

unhedge means to undo the hedging of (in various senses). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

To undo the hedging of (in various senses).“[…] then the manager must unhedge the face value of the foreign futures contracts by buying forward foreign exchange to give the appropriate currency exposure on the face value of assets held in each country.”