買い占め

かいしめ【買い占め】

**corner

〖C〗 (株式・商品の一時的)買い占め

make ［establish］ a corner in ［on］ sugar 砂糖の買い占めをする.

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かいしめ【買い占め】

〔騰貴を見越した〕 speculative (over-)buying; cornering [rigging] the market 《in barley, coffee, etc.》; a buyout; 〔品不足を恐れた〕 stockpiling; hoarding; (消費者による) scare [panic] buying.

●凶作と聞いて都市住民は米の買い占めに走った. Urban consumers rushed to buy up rice on the news of a very poor harvest.

●石油買い占めの動きがある. There is a move to stockpile oil supplies.

●その商社は砂糖の買い占めを図った. The trading company attempted to corner the market in sugar.