n.
1.(economics) the principle that when two kinds of money having the same denominational value are in circulation the intrinsically more valuable money will be hoarded and the money of lower intrinsic value will circulate more freely until the intrinsically more valuable money is driven out of circulation
Idiom of the Day
hedge in (something) or hedge (something) in
to keep something from getting out or moving freely, to block something in
My car was hedged in by the other cars and I was unable to move it this morning.