Definition of Stockpiling

1. Noun. Accumulating and storing a reserve supply. "The stockpiling of war materials"

Generic synonyms: Repositing, Reposition, Storage, Warehousing
Derivative terms: Stockpile

Definition of Stockpiling

1. Verb. (present participle of stockpile) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stockpiling

1. stockpile [v] - See also: stockpile

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stockpiling

stocklist
stocklists
stockman
stockmanship
stockmarket
stockmarkets
stockmen
stockout
stockpicker
stockpickers
stockpile
stockpiled
stockpiler
stockpilers
stockpiles
stockpiling (current term)
stockpot
stockpots
stockroom
stockrooms
stocks
stocktake
stocktakes
stocktaking
stocktakings
stockwhip
stockwhips
stockwork
stockworks
stocky

Literary usage of Stockpiling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Energy Policies of IEA Countries by International Energy Agency (1999)
"Emergency Reserve and stockpiling Policy Japan maintains a high level of emergency oil stocks. The Government maintains its own emergency reserves under the ..."

2. Landmine Monitor Report, 2002: Toward a Mine-free World by Human Rights Watch (2002)
"... 51/45 S of 10 December 1996 urging all States to pursue vigorously an effective, legally-binding international agreement to ban the use, stockpiling ..."

3. Preventing Deadly Conflict edited by David A. Hamburg, Cyrus R. Vance (1998)
"9433; 2) "Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and stockpiling of Bacterial (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction ..."

4. Agricultural Policy Reforms and Regional Market Integration in Malawi by Alberto Valdés, Kay Muir-Leresche (1993)
"The model assumes that stockpiling facilities can be made available immediately at given costs; thus it does not take into consideration storage capacities ..."

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