When you say `maybe' you are just hedging.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Noun : small fields separated by hedges. ,a hedge of stones.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : He felt that he was speaking too boldly and began to hedge before they could contradict him.    From Dictionary.com. 

And it's no surprise that the one doing the hedging is the one who's been breaking fundraising records.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily 2008 - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com] Reference

Antam also suffered a loss of Rp 454.8 billion last year on short-term hedging contracts.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference

I think that Hollander will actually be ok. remember he was hedging from the get-go with three names.    From Wordnik.com.  [Death pool: David Lee Roth and Joel Hollander « BuzzMachine] Reference

Under long-term hedging plans, producers agree months or years in advance to sell oil and gas at a certain price.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hedges Pay Off for Gas Producers] Reference

Soon, people began to use the word hedging to describe steps that could be taken to protect against financial loss.    From Wordnik.com.  [Words and Their Stories: Farm Expressions] Reference

Rangold's short-term hedging contracts expired in June so it should reap the benefit from the higher rand gold price in the recent quarter.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Rolls-Royce manages foreign-exchange risk through its long-term hedging program, which leaves its bottom line vulnerable to sharp variations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emerging Markets Boost Rolls-Royce] Reference

Mr. Donohue said the CME is positioned for "more dynamic interest-rate expectations" and rising intermediate and long-term hedging in the market.    From Wordnik.com.  [CME Posts Earnings Gain of 10%] Reference

Performance has not been good, as perhaps it would have been if such funds were genuinely leaning into the wind of - 'hedging' - the asset bubbles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Henry Thornton Blogs] Reference

It's called hedging and now you can do it, as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2008] Reference

By your fuel in bulk, it is called hedging your bet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Billings Outpost Frontpage] Reference

And then in terms hedging -- I assume that you do hedge.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

From the capital perspective, the hedging is a very good thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

This is particularly true of small publishers and is called hedging your bets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Does anyone make money around here?] Reference

Accordingly, large lenders, such as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, engage in hedging.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mortgage Depreciation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

So, it is combination of having that confidence in hedging, which is edging with an upside.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

Some of the uplift came from the financial risk management program for commodity hedging, which is a program that's been in place for awhile.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

Such deals, extremely common today, are also called hedging as they attempt to reduce one's exposure to unwanted risk by eliminating price or currency fluctuations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE] Reference

Here again, the policies are well drawn out -- no hedges without net underlying and adopting a golden mean in terms hedging percentages, for example neither 100% nor 0% covers.    From Wordnik.com.  [FinanceAsia] Reference

You could also say that these pensions are "hedging" against inflation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Martin: Are Speculators to Blame for Soaring Oil Prices?] Reference

Excluding items such as hedging gains and losses, earnings rose to 86 cents from 73 cents.    From Wordnik.com.  [General Mills Gives Upbeat View as Profit Jumps] Reference

The investment deal also included plans for the two companies to cooperate in areas such as hedging commodities.    From Wordnik.com.  [China Development Bank Considers Closer Ties to Barclays] Reference

James Thomas, deputy assistant defense secretary for plans, said the "hedging" policy is aimed at China and Russia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chimp and His Handlers Think They Can Intimidate China] Reference

I am personally not at all comfortable with Edwards '"hedging" ventures past couple years but this is a bit of a stretch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Campaign Gets Its Half-Millionth Donor] Reference

WALTER TODD: We're kind of hedging our bets a little bit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketplace] Reference

Maybe there's something to this "hedging" thing after all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Minyanville] Reference

Personally, there is nothing up with "hedging" your bets as such!.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

He should not have allowed the 'hedging' that was practised at his expense.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs] Reference

We have been kind of hedging as we have been contracting such the summer here.    From Wordnik.com.  [pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator] Reference

What senators referred to as betting against clients was "hedging" to Birnbaum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bloomberg] Reference

Number two, what kind of hedging activities are you guys engaging at this point?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gadgets Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference

It is also not permissible to engage in speculative activities such as hedging and derivatives.    From Wordnik.com.  [IOL: News] Reference

Neither are most forms of speculative investment permitted, such as hedging or derivatives trading.    From Wordnik.com.  [Signs of the Times] Reference

They had no plough-work, and did more of the manual labour of the farm, such as hedging, nut-collecting, &c.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mediaeval Socialism] Reference

Gold is seen as a kind of hedging and especially in the last year it has been a safe investment in the credit market meltdown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gold Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference

There is a meanness, a positive cowardice in the very nature of their game, -- their small ventures and timid "hedging" of bets.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West] Reference