■ noun a store of money or valued objects.
↘an amassed store of useful information.
■ verb amass and hide or store away.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
OE hord (n.), hordian (v.), of Gmc origin.
Usage
The words ~ and horde are sometimes confused. A ~ is ‘a secret stock or store’, as in a ~ of treasure , while a horde is a disparaging word for ‘a large group of people’, as in hordes of greedy shareholders .