goldhoard
goldhoard noun: treasure; a treasury.
Noun
goldhoard (plural goldhoards)
- Treasure; a treasury.
- In the Chronicle it is distinctly stated that the Roman soldiers did before leaving Britain in 418 bury goldhoards (treasures) in the earth.1861, Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward, Theodore C. Wilks, Charles Lockhart, A General History of Hampshire
- The king is highly pleased now, but even more mistrustful, and will not release the other half of the goldhoard.2012, Mark Atherton, There and Back Again
Examples of goldhoard in a sentence
- US investors continued to liquidate their goldhoards in London and repatriate the proceeds.2013, Brendan Brown, The Flight of International Capital, page 1937:
- The goldhoards were possibly sufficient, especially when supplemented by the import from Africa, to support a gold currency.2014, Norman John Greville Pounds, An Economic History of Medieval Europe:
Forms of goldhoard
| plural | goldhoards |
|---|---|
| alternative form | gold-hoard |
Origin of goldhoard
From Middle English goldhord, golde hord, gold hord, golthord (“treasure”), from Old English goldhord (“treasure; treasury”). By surface analysis, gold + hoard.
Questions about goldhoard
- What does goldhoard mean?
- Goldhoard means treasure; a treasury.
- How do you use goldhoard in a sentence?
- US investors continued to liquidate their goldhoards in London and repatriate the proceeds.
- What part of speech is goldhoard?
- Goldhoard is a noun.
- What is the plural of goldhoard?
- The plural of goldhoard is goldhoards.
Words near goldhoard in the dictionary
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