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An associative compound, 趸 joins 万 ('ten thousand') above 足 ('foot'), suggesting a vast quantity of goods settled in one place , a warehouse or wholesale stock. The traditional form 躉 uses the full character 萬 atop the same foot radical. It means to buy goods wholesale or to hoard them for resale, reflecting the practice of amassing inventory at a fixed location.
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