warehouse

almacén

Edificio grande donde se guardan mercancías antes de venderlas o entregarlas.

En inglés sencillo: A large building where goods are kept before they are sold or delivered.

• The boxes are in the warehouse.
• Trucks collect goods from the warehouse each morning.
• They opened two warehouses near the port.

Sinónimos: storehouse, depot

Expresiones frecuentes: warehouse worker, warehouse storage, warehouse space, warehouse manager

acaparar

Comprar derechos o propiedades y dejarlos sin usar para que los competidores no puedan obtenerlos.

En inglés sencillo: To buy rights or property and leave them unused so competitors cannot get them.

• The network decided to warehouse the rights.
• They warehoused several shows to keep them from competitors.
• Critics accused the company of warehousing valuable patents.

Expresiones frecuentes: warehouse television rights, warehouse something