hoarding
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- n large outdoor signboard
- v save up as for future use
- v get or gather together
- Every dollar returned from hoarding to circulation means putting men to work.
- Keen to limit risk in this kind of climate, European banks have taken to hoarding their cash, nudging up the rate they charge to lend each other money.
- I've been bothered for a while by all the criticism of the banks for "hoarding" the $300 billion we taxpayers have given them rather than lending it right back out again.