hoarding

Definitions


[ˈhɔːdɪŋ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the practice of accumulating and hiding or storing away goods or resources
(e.g: governments are putting in place measures to limit hoarding of rice)


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[ˈhɔːdɪŋ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large board in a public place, used to display advertisements
(e.g: he hung a hoarding outside his clinic)

- a temporary fence made of boards erected around a building site


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Origin:
early 19th century: from obsolete hoard in the same sense (probably based on Old French hourd; related to hurdle) + -ing




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