Hoard
noun
A large amount of something that someone has saved and hidden away.
He found a hoard of old comic books in his attic
Often appears as...
- hoard of money
- food hoard
verb
To collect and hide large amounts of something, often in a secret place.
He was accused of hoarding food and other supplies
Often appears as...
- hoard money
- hoard food
noun
A large amount of something that someone has saved and hidden away.
He found a hoard of old comic books in his attic
Often appears as...
- hoard of money
- food hoard
verb
To collect and hide large amounts of something, often in a secret place.
He was accused of hoarding food and other supplies
Often appears as...
- hoard money
- hoard food
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Hoard often implies excessive gathering, sometimes viewed negatively as greed or fear-driven.
His father's hoard of old newspapers bordered on obsession.
Pro Tip 2/3Secrecy Element
A hoard is typically hidden, emphasizing secrecy or protection against loss or theft.
The family discovered a hoard of jewels behind the ancient portrait.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
'Hoard' can refer to historical treasures, often arousing curiosity or value due to age.
Archaeologists unearthed a Viking hoard of coins and weapons.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Hoard often implies excessive gathering, sometimes viewed negatively as greed or fear-driven.
His father's hoard of old newspapers bordered on obsession.
Pro Tip 2/3Secrecy Element
A hoard is typically hidden, emphasizing secrecy or protection against loss or theft.
The family discovered a hoard of jewels behind the ancient portrait.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
'Hoard' can refer to historical treasures, often arousing curiosity or value due to age.
Archaeologists unearthed a Viking hoard of coins and weapons.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Hoard often implies excessive gathering, sometimes viewed negatively as greed or fear-driven.
His father's hoard of old newspapers bordered on obsession.
Pro Tip 2/3Secrecy Element
A hoard is typically hidden, emphasizing secrecy or protection against loss or theft.
The family discovered a hoard of jewels behind the ancient portrait.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
'Hoard' can refer to historical treasures, often arousing curiosity or value due to age.
Archaeologists unearthed a Viking hoard of coins and weapons.
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Jamil Zaki: How to...
Now they're wrong. It turns out that when we act generously towards others, that tends to increase our happiness. But cynics acted on their illusion. When given chances to help strangers, they were less likely to do so. They ended up less happy as well. By hoarding well-being, they lost out on one of its key ingredients --
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It's OK to feel...
it's taught us that you have to be surrounded by abundance in order to safe. The disconnect between those who have and those who have not has never been bigger, and never in my lifetime, and probably in any of our lifetimes, has there been an invitation, again, to release the stranglehold on your hoarding.
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What coronavirus means...
and the importance of productivity for us all to have a better life, and it just seems like on a global level, the same should hold true. If we're all focused on being more productive together, and in that interconnected way, we'll all do better, as opposed to, kind of, hoarding one asset
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Why are we so attached...
don't exhibit the endowment effect. That's possibly because they live in an egalitarian society where almost everything is shared. At the other extreme, sometimes our attachment to our things can go too far. Part of the cause of hoarding disorder is an exaggerated sense of responsibility
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What gives a dollar bill...
making you want to spend it right away. While this would stimulate business, it would also encourage overconsumption, or hoarding commodities, like food and fuel, raising their prices and leading to consumer shortages and even more inflation.
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How to be your best self...
the other introducer with compassion you know even the person who might be hoarding toilet-paper compassion doesn't mean that you agree that that person is doing you know the right or the wrong thing it's it's about moving beyond
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Bill Gates: The next...
and make the world more just as well as more safe. So I think this should absolutely be a priority. There's no need to panic. We don't have to hoard cans of spaghetti or go down into the basement.
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Life Beyond the Sun by...
enticed and hoarded moored up locked inside you bloomed within this atmosphere a beauty locked in synthesis you hung there like a chandelier the weight of pure magnificence for billions
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Lost Gold of the Dark...
have said is this the biggest anglo-saxon gold ever found no it's the only pet no Saxon gold hoard ever found its unique is unprecedented so much gold it's thought that it may
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Where did Russia come...
The final blow, however, would come from the east. Consumed by their squabbles, Rus princes paid little attention to the rumors of a mysterious unstoppable hoard
Video examples
Jamil Zaki: How to...
Now they're wrong. It turns out that when we act generously towards others, that tends to increase our happiness. But cynics acted on their illusion. When given chances to help strangers, they were less likely to do so. They ended up less happy as well. By hoarding well-being, they lost out on one of its key ingredients --
Video examples
It's OK to feel...
it's taught us that you have to be surrounded by abundance in order to safe. The disconnect between those who have and those who have not has never been bigger, and never in my lifetime, and probably in any of our lifetimes, has there been an invitation, again, to release the stranglehold on your hoarding.
Video examples
What coronavirus means...
and the importance of productivity for us all to have a better life, and it just seems like on a global level, the same should hold true. If we're all focused on being more productive together, and in that interconnected way, we'll all do better, as opposed to, kind of, hoarding one asset
Video examples
Why are we so attached...
don't exhibit the endowment effect. That's possibly because they live in an egalitarian society where almost everything is shared. At the other extreme, sometimes our attachment to our things can go too far. Part of the cause of hoarding disorder is an exaggerated sense of responsibility
Video examples
What gives a dollar bill...
making you want to spend it right away. While this would stimulate business, it would also encourage overconsumption, or hoarding commodities, like food and fuel, raising their prices and leading to consumer shortages and even more inflation.
Video examples
How to be your best self...
the other introducer with compassion you know even the person who might be hoarding toilet-paper compassion doesn't mean that you agree that that person is doing you know the right or the wrong thing it's it's about moving beyond
Video examples
Bill Gates: The next...
and make the world more just as well as more safe. So I think this should absolutely be a priority. There's no need to panic. We don't have to hoard cans of spaghetti or go down into the basement.
Video examples
Life Beyond the Sun by...
enticed and hoarded moored up locked inside you bloomed within this atmosphere a beauty locked in synthesis you hung there like a chandelier the weight of pure magnificence for billions
Video examples
Lost Gold of the Dark...
have said is this the biggest anglo-saxon gold ever found no it's the only pet no Saxon gold hoard ever found its unique is unprecedented so much gold it's thought that it may
Video examples
Where did Russia come...
The final blow, however, would come from the east. Consumed by their squabbles, Rus princes paid little attention to the rumors of a mysterious unstoppable hoard
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Quote examples
Samin Nosrat
American Chef
I'm the child of immigrants, and there was always a garage filled with food, just in case, and you kept money under the mattress. You were always prepared, because you couldn't trust that you were being taken care of. So that translated into my life into a lot of opportunity hoarding.
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Glennon Doyle Melton
American Author
The amazing thing about love and attention and encouragement and grace and success and joy is that these things are infinite. We get a new supply every single morning, and so we can give it away all day. We never, ever have to monitor the supply of others or grab or hoard.
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Travis Bradberry
American Author
The best way to find a balance between doing your best and showing that you're ready for more is by developing other people. As tempting as it is to hoard knowledge, don't. Instead, make certain that there are others who know how to do important aspects of your job.
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Abby Martin
American Journalist
The majority of the wealth of human knowledge is owned by a few publishing companies that hoard information and make billions off licensing fees, although most scholarly articles and journals are paid for by taxpayers through government grants.
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Ingrid Newkirk
British Activist
Animal hoarding was a dirty secret until hoarders appeared on our TV screens and showed how they are compelled to collect so many dogs, cats or parrots that the animals end up in cages only inches bigger than their own bodies. For life.
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Nikita Dutta
Indian Actress
I've collected a lot of things throughout my life, and I think that's more being a hoarder than being passionate about them, and so I've tried to stop that.
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George M. Church
American Scientist
You can't just hoard your ideas inside the ivory tower. You have to get them out into the world.
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J. R. R. Tolkien
English Novelist
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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Timothy Noah
American Journalist
The U.S. policy of hoarding crude oil never made the world, or even the U.S., a safer place.
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Mo Ibrahim
Sudanese Businessman
There's no point in trying to hoard money after life, so better really to share with people.
Quote examples
Samin Nosrat
American Chef
I'm the child of immigrants, and there was always a garage filled with food, just in case, and you kept money under the mattress. You were always prepared, because you couldn't trust that you were being taken care of. So that translated into my life into a lot of opportunity hoarding.
Quote examples
Glennon Doyle Melton
American Author
The amazing thing about love and attention and encouragement and grace and success and joy is that these things are infinite. We get a new supply every single morning, and so we can give it away all day. We never, ever have to monitor the supply of others or grab or hoard.
Quote examples
Travis Bradberry
American Author
The best way to find a balance between doing your best and showing that you're ready for more is by developing other people. As tempting as it is to hoard knowledge, don't. Instead, make certain that there are others who know how to do important aspects of your job.
Quote examples
Abby Martin
American Journalist
The majority of the wealth of human knowledge is owned by a few publishing companies that hoard information and make billions off licensing fees, although most scholarly articles and journals are paid for by taxpayers through government grants.
Quote examples
Ingrid Newkirk
British Activist
Animal hoarding was a dirty secret until hoarders appeared on our TV screens and showed how they are compelled to collect so many dogs, cats or parrots that the animals end up in cages only inches bigger than their own bodies. For life.
Quote examples
Nikita Dutta
Indian Actress
I've collected a lot of things throughout my life, and I think that's more being a hoarder than being passionate about them, and so I've tried to stop that.
Quote examples
George M. Church
American Scientist
You can't just hoard your ideas inside the ivory tower. You have to get them out into the world.
Quote examples
J. R. R. Tolkien
English Novelist
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
Quote examples
Timothy Noah
American Journalist
The U.S. policy of hoarding crude oil never made the world, or even the U.S., a safer place.
Quote examples
Mo Ibrahim
Sudanese Businessman
There's no point in trying to hoard money after life, so better really to share with people.
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