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The Meaning of pool
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(n.) A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools of Solomon.
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(n.) A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
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(n.) The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
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(n.) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.
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(n.) In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
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(n.) Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
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(n.) A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool.
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(n.) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
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(n.) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
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(v. t.) To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic.
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(v. i.) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
Synonyms
pond
,
consortium
,
syndicate
,
puddle
,
kitty
,
puddle
,
pocket billiards
Homophones
poole
,
poul
Rhymes
abdul
,
apostolopoul
,
baiul
,
bellefeuille
,
blackpool
,
boole
,
boule
,
bruehl
,
brule
,
buehl
,
buel
,
buhl
,
cesspool
,
claypool
,
cool
,
coole
,
cruel
,
drogoul
,
drool
,
dual
,
duell
,
dule
,
fool
,
fuel
,
ghoul
,
gurule
,
home-school
,
hoole
,
istanbul
,
jewel
,
joule
,
juel
,
jule
,
liverpool
,
luelle
,
makhoul
,
mccool
,
minuscule
,
misrule
,
molecule
,
muehl
,
mule
,
overrule
,
poole
,
poul
,
preschool
,
rahul
,
rantoul
,
raoul
,
raul
,
retool
,
reul
,
reule
,
rhule
,
ridicule
,
ruel
,
rule
,
saccule
,
school
,
schuele
,
spool
,
sproule
,
sproull
,
spruell
,
spruiell
,
spruill
,
stool
,
supercool
,
thule
,
tool
,
toole
,
tuel
,
tuell
,
tulle
,
tuyle
,
vestibule
,
vipul
,
whirlpool
,
yuill
,
yuille
,
yule