forestalling [
for'stɔl]
[经] 囤积
forestalling[ noun ]
the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
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Forestall \Fore*stall"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forestalled}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Forestalling}.] [OE. forstallen to stop, to
obstruct; to stop (goods) on the way to the market by buying
them beforehand, from forstal obstruction, AS. forsteal,
foresteall, prop., a placing one's self before another. See
{Fore}, and {Stall}.]
1. To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.
What need a man forestall his date of grief,
And run to meet what he would most avoid? --Milton.
2. To take possession of, in advance of some one or something
else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get
ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or
prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in
advance.
An ugly serpent which forestalled their way.
--Fairfax.
But evermore those damsels did forestall
Their furious encounter. --Spenser.
To be forestalled ere we come to fall. --Shak.
Habit is a forestalled and obstinate judge. --Rush.
3. To deprive; -- with of. [R.]
All the better; may
This night forestall him of the coming day! --Shak.
4. (Eng. Law) To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the
passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods
on the way to market.
{To forestall the market}, to buy or contract for merchandise
or provision on its way to market, with the intention of
selling it again at a higher price; to dissuade persons
from bringing their goods or provisions there; or to
persuade them to enhance the price when there. This was an
offense at law in England until 1844. --Burrill.
Syn: To anticipate; monopolize; engross.
- "And by forestalling the shake-out, they're creating an inevitable return of the problem," the official added.
- Southland Financial Corp. said some of its creditors canceled planned foreclosure sales of land in its Las Colinas planned development, forestalling a threatened bankruptcy-court filing by a unit of the troubled real estate development firm.
- Playing the hand accordingly, each was anxious to maximize advantage while also forestalling rivals.
- "I think we will see a relative shift from anonymous to confidential testing," he said, citing the increasing possibility of preventing or at least forestalling illness in people infected with the virus but otherwise healthy.
- Fitzwater reiterated that Bush will not sign legislation forestalling a sequester or softening the Gramm-Rudman deficit reduction targets unless he and the Congress reach an overall spending accord.
- In many cases, however, breeding animals have been purchased by producers in other areas where feed is available, thus forestalling massive sell-offs of herds.