pile
/paɪl/ noun [C]Definition
› a large amount of something: a pile of cash/money consumers with piles of credit card debt I have piles of paperwork to finish.
at the bottom/top of the pile › at the bottom or top of a group of competing things: Despite a shaky first quarter, the athletic shoe producer has once again emerged at the top of the pile.
→ See also cash pile, stockpile noun(Definition of pile noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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