hoarding

¹

[hawr-ding, hohr-]

noun

1. a temporary fence enclosing a construction site.

2. British.,  a billboard.

hoarding

²

[hawr-ding]

noun

1. the act of a person or animal that hoards.

   Depression-era hoarding, when gold coins disappeared from circulation;

   the hoarding of nuts by chipmunks.

2. hoardings, things that are hoarded.

hoarding

/ ˈhɔːdɪŋ /

noun

1. Also called (esp US and Canadian): billboard. a large board used for displaying advertising posters, as by a road

2. a temporary wooden fence erected round a building or demolition site

Word History and Origins

Origin of hoarding¹

First recorded in 1815–25; obsolete hoard (from Old French hourd(e) “palisade made of hurdles,” from Germanic; compare German Hürde “hurdle”) + -ing ¹

Origin of hoarding²

First recorded in 1585–95; hoard + -ing ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of hoarding¹

C19: from C15 hoard fence, from Old French hourd palisade, of Germanic origin, related to Gothic haurds, Old Norse hurth door

Example Sentences

U.S. commercial banks may also be hoarding liquidity, and not lending in out in the repo market, to avoid recognizing around $400 billion in unrealized securities losses, according to Bank of America data.

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The whole idea of the labor hoarding that we were talking about a couple of years ago is done.

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Eilish’s commentary positioned him as a billionaire hoarding wealth while the world faces crises.

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If labor hoarding is indeed ending, the question is what will follow.

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We make similar distinctions in conditions like body dysmorphic disorder and hoarding disorder: The meaning of the preoccupation determines how we treat it.

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Related Words

• accretion 
• aggregation 
• buildup 
• growth 
• inflation 
• pile 
• quantity