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ACAPARAR [2 records]

Record 1 2018-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Human Behaviour
CONT

Social conditioning trains us to hoard money rather than share it and build community.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Comportement humain
DEF

Accumuler des biens, généralement monétaires, pour les garder sans les investir dans les circuits productifs de l'économie.

CONT

[...] les donateurs potentiels risquent de se trouver démotivés si l'organisme semble thésauriser.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
  • Comportamiento humano
DEF

Reunir y guardar dinero o cosas de valor.

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Record 2 2003-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Market Structure (Trade)
DEF

Securing of all or nearly all the supply of any commodity or stock so that its buyers are forced to pay exorbitant prices. Corners may be planned deliberately or may be brought about unintentionally, as through a fight for controlling interest in a corporation's stock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie des marchés (Commerce)
DEF

Acheter une marchandise pour la raréfier sur un marché dans une intention spéculative et généralement en vue d'exercer une pression sur les prix au profit de ceux qui l'entreprennent.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estructura del mercado (Comercio)
DEF

Retener una mercancía con ánimo especulativo previendo su escasez, o para subir artificialmente el precio. No implica necesariamente el que sea en gran volumen, como en el término acopiar.

OBS

acaparar: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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