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hoarding definition

hoard·ing (hôr′diŋ)

noun

  1. a temporary wooden fence around a site of building construction or repair
  2. a billboard

Etymology: < obs. hoard, hoarding < OFr hourde < Frank *hurda, enclosure, pen: for IE base see hurdle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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Hoarding is also excess accumulation of currency or commodities in anticpation of scarcity or higher prices

Posted by anonymous 95 days ago.

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