stockpile

stockpile
▪ I. stockpile stockpile 2 noun [countable] COMMERCE
a large supply of goods, weapons etc that are being kept for use in the future, often because they will be difficult to obtain later:

• Following poor harvests, stockpiles of grain are expected to fall to their tightest level for 20 years.

  [m0] ▪ II. stockpile stock‧pile 1 [ˈstɒkpaɪl ǁ stɑːk-] verb [transitive] COMMERCE
to keep adding to a large supply of goods, weapons etc that are being kept for use or possible use in the future:

• The US government began stockpiling oil in response to the oil embargo.

— stockpiler noun [countable] :

• We have yet to see one of the big stockpilers of gold announce significant disposals.

— stockpiling noun [uncountable] :

• the stockpiling of chemical and biological weapons

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stockpile UK US /ˈstɒkpaɪl/ verb [T]
► to collect a large amount of something to use later: »

Fears that shoppers would stockpile cash have so far proved unfounded.

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The government has stockpiled food in warehouses as a buffer against economic crises.

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stockpile UK US /ˈstɒkpaɪl/ noun [C]
► a large amount of something that has been collected to use later: »

Stockpiles of grain are unusually low.

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Companies are beginning to see the benefits of a cash stockpile.

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a crude oil/corn/wheat stockpile


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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