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warehousing

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ware·house  (wârhous)
n.
1. A place in which goods or merchandise are stored; a storehouse.
2. A large, usually wholesale shop.
tr.v. also (-houz) ware·housed, ware·hous·ing, ware·hous·es
1. To place or store in a warehouse, especially in a bonded or government warehouse.
2. To institutionalize (people) in usually deficient housing and in conditions in which medical, educational, psychiatric, and social services are below par or absent: "has felt forced to warehouse hundreds of children in temporary shelters" (Justine Wise Polier).

warehouser (-houzr) n.

warehousing [ˈwɛəˌhaʊzɪŋ]
n
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) Stock Exchange an attempt to maintain the price of a company's shares or to gain a significant stake in a company without revealing the true identity of the purchaser. Shares are purchased through an insurance company, a unit trust, or nominees
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.warehousingwarehousing - depositing in a warehouse; "they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn"; "my car is in storage"; "publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing"
deposition, deposit - the act of putting something somewhere
stockpiling - accumulating and storing a reserve supply; "the stockpiling of war materials"
Translations
warehousing [ˈwɛəhaʊzɪŋ] Nalmacenamiento m
warehousing [ˈwɛərhaʊzɪŋ] nentreposage m
warehousing
nLagerung f; what sort of warehousing is available?welche Lagerungsmöglichkeiten gibt es?
warehousing [ˈwɛəˌhaʊzɪŋ] nmagazzinaggio
warehousing [ˈwɛəˌhaʊzɪŋ] nmagazzinaggio


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