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hoard  /ˈhɔrd/ ? Meaning of "hoard"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) a secret store of valuables or money
  2. (v) save up as for future use
  3. (v) get or gather together

Synonym(s)

stash, accumulate, amass, collect, compile, pile up

Derived Word(s)

hoarder

Usage(s):

  1. As the price of wheat rises, black marketeers hoard wheat in their warehouses.
  2. People who have been hoarding money in Swiss banks will have to find newer means of stashing their money.
  3. The police stumbled on a hoard of stolen paintings while searching for the weapon.

Quotes

  1. "At a time when events naturally make even the most daring investors more risk-averse, the needs of our economy require that our financial institutions not take this new capital to hoard it, but to deploy it," Paulson said.
    on Oct 13, 2008 By: Henry Paulson Source: Reuters

  2. "It was gross incompetence to hoard that money when the race was bound to be so close," McAuliffe said.
    on Jan 5, 2007 By: Terry McAuliffe Source: Forbes

  3. Clinton described Bush's way as "hoard power, disregard science, shred the Constitution, smear dissenters, impugn patriots, go it alone in the world wherever you can and cooperate only when you have to."
    on Feb 9, 2008 By: Hillary Rodham Clinton Source: FOXNews

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