▪ I. hoard hoard 2 noun [countable]
a store of money or goods kept to be used or sold in the future:
• The company has a large cash hoard.
[m0] ▪ II. hoard hoard 1 [hɔːd ǁ hɔːrd] verb [transitive]
to collect and save large amounts of something in order to sell it later at a high price or because you think there might not be enough available in the future:
• Banks must be discouraged from hoarding dollars.
• He accused big companies of hoarding available stocks of grain.
— hoarder noun [countable] :
• America is the biggest official gold hoarder.
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hoard UK US /hɔːd/ verb [I or T]
► ECONOMICS, FINANCE to collect a lot of money or objects, sometimes secretly: »
A financial crisis can cause people to hoard.
»When oil prices rise, the tendency to hoard gold also rises.
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hoard UK US /hɔːd/ noun [C]
► ECONOMICS, FINANCE a large amount of money or objects that someone has collected, sometimes secretly: »
They found a hoard of dollar bills in the suspect's attic.
»The company has a vast cash hoard that just keeps on growing.
Financial and business terms. 2012.