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stockpile
UK /ˈstɒkpaɪl/ US /ˈstɑkˌpaɪl/
verb 4noun 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
low, necessary, wise
VERB + STOCKPILE
block, called, decided, need, sell
STOCKPILE + NOUN
food, products, water
PREP.
in, on
Definitions
noun
1
A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.
Under the rice subsidy program, Yingluck [Shinawatra]'s administration paid farmers up to 50 percent more than market prices for their rice. The policy was popular with farmers but left Thailand with huge rice stockpiles and caused $8 billion in losses.
2
A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.
3
A pile of coal or ore heaped up on the ground after it has been mined.
verb
1
To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).
He stockpiled weapons and took pot shots in the air / He feasted on their lovely bodies like a lunatic
Shops' shelves were emptied on Friday as people began stockpiling food, with some unable to leave their homes due to the thigh-high snow.
2
To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).
3
To heap up piles of (coal or ore) on the ground after it has been mined.
4
To build up a supply; to accumulate.
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Under the rice subsidy program, Yingluck [Shinawatra]'s administration paid farmers up to 50 percent more than market prices for their rice. The policy was popular with farmers but left Thailand with
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He stockpiled weapons and took pot shots in the air / He feasted on their lovely bodies like a lunatic
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Shops' shelves were emptied on Friday as people began stockpiling food, with some unable to leave their homes due to the thigh-high snow.
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He [Jeff Bezos] once suggested that, by paying college students on every Manhattan block to stockpile products in their apartments and to shuttle them up and down on bicycles, Amazon could edge toward
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You should stockpile necessary supplies in case of a big earthquake.
Tatoeba · #27584106
Did you stockpile food and water?
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