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  2. Word hoard - Wikipedia

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  3. Hoard - Wikipedia

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    A hoard of loot is a buried collection of spoils from raiding and is more in keeping with the popular idea of "buried treasure". Votive hoards are different from the above in that they are often taken to represent permanent abandonment, in the form of purposeful deposition of items, either all at once or over time for ritual purposes, without ...

  4. Hoarding - Wikipedia

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    Epidemiological studies have shown that the tendency to hoard is twice as common in men, although clinical studies on hoarding tendency are usually conducted predominantly with female participants. This suggests that male hoarders are significantly less studied and receive inadequate treatment.

  5. Treasure trove - Wikipedia

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    A treasure trove is an amount of money or coin, gold, silver, plate, or bullion found hidden underground or in places such as cellars or attics, where the treasure seems old enough for it to be presumed that the true owner is dead and the heirs undiscoverable.

  6. List of online dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    An online dictionary is a dictionary that is accessible via the Internet through a web browser. They can be made available in a number of ways: free, free with a paid subscription for extended or more professional content, or a paid-only service.

  7. Dishoarding - Wikipedia

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    In economics, dishoarding is the opposite of hoarding.In the case of hoarding emphasized most by macroeconomics, someone increases his or her holdings of money as an asset (for safety, to diversify assets, because of expected returns, or because of irrationality) rather than using money simply as a tool for buying goods and services (a medium of exchange).

  8. Hoarding (economics) - Wikipedia

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    Hence, economic speculators tend to hoard products that are inelastic in price so that when the price of the product does increase, the demand for that product is maintained. [ 5 ] [ 2 ] Unlike investing, hoarded goods are excluded from an economy’s flow of money [ 6 ] and purchasing goods for hoarding generally occurs in markets operating ...

  9. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    To flesh out is to add flesh to a skeleton, or metaphorically to add substance to an incomplete rendering. To flush out is to cause game fowl to take to flight, or to frighten any quarry from a place of concealment. Standard: The forensic pathologist will flesh out the skull with clay. Standard: The beaters flushed out the game with drums and ...