thésauriser

Borrowed from Late Latin thesaurizāre, from Ancient Greek θησαυρίζω (thēsaurízō, “to store, treasure up”), from θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “store-room, treasure, granary, strong-box”).

• IPA^(key): /te.zɔ.ʁi.ze/

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thésauriser

1. (money) to hoard
   • 1963, Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, 2005 ed., Payot & Rivages, →ISBN, p. 158; translated 1992 by Robyn Marsack as The Way of the World, 2011 ed., Eland, →ISBN:

     Craignant de se trahir en investissant sur place, ils thésaurisaient, dirigeant l’excédant de leur revenu sur les banques étrangères, ou le jouaient, toutes portes closes, à des taux fabuleux.

     — Fearing betrayal if they invested it locally, they hoarded their money, sending their excess income to foreign banks, or playing behind closed doors for fantastic stakes.

• thésaurisation
• trésor

• “thésauriser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
• Brachet, A. (1873) “thésauriser”, in Kitchin, G. W., transl., Etymological dictionary of the French language (Clarendon Press Series), 1st edition, London: Oxford/MacMillan and Co.

• “thésauriser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.