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1894 poster articulating an aspect of hoarding. Hoarding in economics refers to the concept of purchasing and storing a large amount of a particular product, creating scarcity of that product, and ultimately driving the price of that product up.
A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world [vague]) [1] is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads.
Hoarding can run in families, and it may be possible genetics play a role in developing hoarding behaviors. [16] Also, this behavior can be developed due to life circumstances such as difficult losses, depression , financial crises , and living small which make it difficult for people to get rid of their belongings.
Slogan as it appears on a 1959 poster Slogan on an advertising hoarding (on right) in Birmingham's Moor Street, 1979 "Drinka pinta milka day" was an advertising slogan used by the British Milk Marketing Board and Dairy Council.
A hoard of silver coins, the latest about 1700 (British Museum).A hoard or "wealth deposit" [1] is an archaeological term for a collection of valuable objects or artifacts, sometimes purposely buried in the ground, in which case it is sometimes also known as a cache.
Poster for the Holzer Fashion Store, 1902 Police can sometimes put up a poster to let the public know about a criminal.. A poster is a large sheet that is placed either on a public space to promote something or on a wall as decoration.
Hoarding disorder; Other names: Compulsive hoarding: Compulsive hoarding in an apartment: Specialty: Psychiatry, clinical psychology: Symptoms: Excessive acquisition, Perceived need to save possessions, Persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value, Intense urge to keep items and distress when getting rid of them.
Bibliomania is the excessive collecting or even hoarding of books to the point where social relations or health are damaged, particularly as a symptom of obsessive–compulsive disorder. Bibliomania is not to be confused with bibliophilia , which is the (psychologically healthy) love of books, and as such is not considered a clinical ...