hoarder

hoarder: 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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hoarder UK US /ˈhɔːdə^r/ noun [C]

► ECONOMICS, FINANCE a person or organization that collects a lot of money or objects, sometimes secretly: »hoarders of gold and silver

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Hoarder — Hoard er, n. One who hoards. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hoarder — O.E. hordere treasurer, from HOARD (Cf. hoard) (n.). As one who hoards, c.1500, from HOARD (Cf. hoard) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
hoarder — hoard ► NOUN 1) a store of money or valued objects. 2) an amassed store of useful information. ► VERB ▪ amass and hide or store away. DERIVATIVES hoarder noun. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
hoarder — noun see hoard II … New Collegiate Dictionary
hoarder — See hoard. * * * … Universalium
hoarder — noun One who hoards; one who accumulates, collects, and stores … Wiktionary
hoarder — hoardÂ·er || hÉ”rdÉ™r / hÉ”ËdÉ™ n. one who gathers, one who amasses (i.e. food, money, etc.) … English contemporary dictionary
hoarder — noun (C) someone who likes to keep things … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hoarder — hoard·er … English syllables
hoarder — See: hoard … English dictionary

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