حكر

8 احتكر احتكر أحتكر ٱحتكر He withheld, (A, Mgh, Msb, K,) or collected and withheld, (S, M,) wheat, (S, M, A, Mgh, Msb,) and the like, of what is eaten, (M, TA,) waiting for a time of dearness; (S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also ↓ حَكَرَ, (A,) and ↓ تحكّر: (K:) he bought wheat and withheld it in order that it might become scarce and dear. (TA.) And فِى بَيْعِهِ ↓ تحكّر He waited, and watched, [ for a time of dearness, ] in his selling. (ISh.) [This last verb is perhaps not transitive.]