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   warehousing

   /ˈwɛəhaʊzɪŋ/

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of storing goods in a warehouse: "both sites are now used for cargo handing and warehousing"
   • ▪ warehouses collectively: "80,000 square feet of warehousing"
   • ▪ the practice of placing people, typically prisoners or psychiatric patients in large, impersonal institutions: informal US "warehousing these psychopaths is costing our society millions"
   • 2. the building up of a holding of shares in a company by buying numerous small lots of shares in the names of nominees, in order to make a takeover bid while remaining anonymous.

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