stockpile

noun

1. (also, figuratively)A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.

   “Under the rice subsidy program, Yingluck [Shinawatra]'s administration paid farmers up to 50 percent more than market prices for their rice. The policy was popular with farmers but left Thailand with huge rice stockpiles and caused $8 billion in losses.”

2. (also, figuratively, specifically)A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.
3. (also, figuratively)A pile of coal or ore heaped up on the ground after it has been mined.

verb

1. (also, figuratively, transitive)To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).

   “He stockpiled weapons and took pot shots in the air / He feasted on their lovely bodies like a lunatic”

   “Shops' shelves were emptied on Friday as people began stockpiling food, with some unable to leave their homes due to the thigh-high snow.”

   “He [Jeff Bezos] once suggested that, by paying college students on every Manhattan block to stockpile products in their apartments and to shuttle them up and down on bicycles, Amazon could edge towards near-instant delivery.”

   “The RNC entered June with about $72.4 million in cash reserves, nearly five times the $15 million stockpiled by the DNC, as the two parties gear up for gubernatorial races this fall and next year’s costly midterm elections for Congress.”

2. (also, figuratively, specifically, transitive)To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).
3. (also, figuratively, transitive)To heap up piles of (coal or ore) on the ground after it has been mined.
4. (also, figuratively, intransitive)To build up a supply; to accumulate.