- A temporary wooden fence around a building or structure under construction or repair.
- Chiefly British. A billboard.
[Obsolete hoard, hourd, from French dialectal hourd, fence, scaffold, hurdle, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]
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[Obsolete hoard, hourd, from French dialectal hourd, fence, scaffold, hurdle, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]
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Excess accumulation of commodities or currency in anticipation of scarcity and/or higher prices.
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The excess accumulation of commodities, goods, or currency in anticipation of scarcity and/or higher prices. Hoarding is a common practice during periods of high inflation, during wartimes, and during periods of economic or political instability.
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Hoarding is a general term for the accumulation of food or other items. The term is used to describe both animal and human behavior.
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Hoarding of food is a natural behaviour in certain species of animals. Such hoarding occurs in two forms:
Hoarding as a human behavior may be a response to perceived or predicted shortages of specific goods, or a compulsive abnormal behavior. The compulsive collecting of objects is known as pathological or compulsive hoarding. The compulsive collection and ownership of pets is known as animal hoarding.
Hoarding behavior may be a common response to fear, whether fear of imminent society-wide danger or simple fear of a shortage of some good. Civil unrest or natural disaster may lead people to collect foodstuffs, water, gasoline, and other essentials which they believe, rightly or wrongly, will soon be in short supply. Unlike hoarding immediately before or in the wake of a crisis, hoarding a resource while its supply is abundant can actually alleviate future shortages because those who stockpile in this manner will not contribute to future demand when supplies are reduced.
Humans also hoard money, especially if they expect deflation, in which falling prices mean that the purchasing power of money will rise. More generally, money hoarding is the accumulation of money by people who avoid spending it or investing it in economic projects, because of a risk aversion, or of a preference for liquidity, or of a lack of a better use for the money.
Hoarding of goods can often cause the very shortage which has been feared, and governments sometimes choose to introduce rationing in order to combat hoarding, as well as to reduce consumption and waste. However, those who have successfully hoarded the desired goods will not have to worry about the shortage, whether it was their fault or not.
On a larger scale, hoarding can be a business strategy similar to monopolisation, where an individual or organization attempts to temporarily control all available supplies of a given good in order to artificially increase the price. This strategy is also known as "cornering the market".
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - plankeværk, indhegning, plakatstativ, hamstring, ophobning
Nederlands (Dutch)
hamsteren, verzamelen, reclamebord, (tijdelijke) schutting, het hamsteren, het opslaan
Français (French)
n. - palissade, panneau publicitaire, accumulation (d'économies)
Deutsch (German)
n. - Hamstern, Bretterzaun
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αποθησαύριση, απόκρυψη (αγαθών), σανίδωμα, πλαίσιο διαφήμισης
Italiano (Italian)
recinto provvisorio, tabellone
Português (Portuguese)
n. - armazenagem (f) de alguma coisa
Русский (Russian)
тайное накопление запасов, клад
Español (Spanish)
n. - cartelera, valla publicitaria, acumulación, retención, acaparamiento
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - samling, hamstring, tesaurering (ekon.), plank, annonstavla
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
贮藏, 囤积, 积畜
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 貯藏, 囤積, 積畜
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 秘蔵, 蓄積, 買いだめ, 板囲い, 広告板, 貯蔵, 貯蔵物, 掲示板
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) سياج خشبي مؤقت حول مبنى ينشأ أو يرمم, لوحه اعلانات ضخمه على الجدران الخارجيه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - לוח מודעות, גדר זמנית סביב אתר בנייה
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