stash

/stæʃ/ verb [T] informal

Definition

› to store something, especially a large amount of money, in a safe place, often secretly: She stashed an $84 million fortune in foreign bank accounts.stash sth away He had never revealed to his wife that he had stashed away $3 million in assets.

stash noun [C] › Over 20 years the extra savings will add $160,000 to your retirement stash.

(Definition of stash verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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