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HOARD [15 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

hoard : an item in the "Unclassifiable Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

cache : objet de la catégorie «Objets à fonction indéterminée».

Spanish

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Record 2 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 3 2017-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Corporate Management (General)
  • Labour and Employment
Key term(s)
  • hoard labor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Banking
CONT

If capitalists disapprove of their government, they can hoard gold coins and take their money abroad, creating a run on the currency and bringing down the ruling government.

OBS

run on the currency: term extracted from the “Glossaire économique” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Banque
OBS

mouvement spéculatif contre la monnaie : terme extrait du «Glossaire économique» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Operaciones bancarias
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Record 5 2011-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

The main food source for red harvester ants usually consists of seeds, which they hoard in great numbers, hence their name.

OBS

An insect of the family Formicidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Pogonomyrmex barbatus : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce de fourmis (Formicidae).

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Characterology
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

The tendency to acquire or to hoard possessions. In the older systems of psychology acquisitiveness was treated as an instinct.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Caractérologie
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
DEF

Nom donné par les psychologues à l'instinct qui porte l'homme à acquérir.

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Saving and Consumption
DEF

a Keynesian term indicating a disposition on the part of the investing public to sell securities and accumulate cash.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épargne et consommation

Spanish

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Record 8 1997-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
DEF

A large grouping of Heaton-produced coins of Canada that were sold from a hoard of extras held by the Heaton Mint. Since their discovery in 1974-75, most have now been placed with collectors.

Key term(s)
  • Heaton Hoard

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage

Spanish

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Record 9 1997-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
DEF

The discovery of a coin; called a "hoard" when the quantity is large.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage

Spanish

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Record 10 1997-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
DEF

A deposit of coins, secreted at some time in the past and discovered accidentally.

OBS

Hoards often provide valuable insights to historical researchers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage
DEF

Ensemble de pièces de monnaie, de quelque importance ou valeur, trouvé fortuitement ou au cours de fouilles.

Spanish

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Record 11 1997-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
DEF

A coin that was found in quantity in a hoard.

OBS

"In quantity" may range in meaning from a few(relative to a few previously known) to many hundreds or more of what may or may not have been a common coin. The term may also simply refer to any coin that was part of a publicized hoard, e. g. the Heaton Hoard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage

Spanish

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Record 12 1997-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
DEF

An accumulation of coins that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation or future use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage
DEF

Ensemble de pièces de monnaie que l'on cache ou dépose en lieu sûr espérant qu'avec le temps elles gagneront de la valeur.

Spanish

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Record 13 1989-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 14 1987-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique

Spanish

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Record 15 1981-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
OBS

Private individuals and corporations, in France and other Continental countries where legal taboos on the holding of gold were not operative, felt free to hoard gold and did so increasingly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

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