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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hoarder UK US /ˈhɔːdər/ noun [C]
► ECONOMICS, FINANCE a person or organization that collects a lot of money or objects, sometimes secretly: »
hoarders of gold and silver
Financial and business terms. 2012.