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   pool

   /puːl/

   noun

   • 1. a shared supply of vehicles or resources to be drawn on when needed: "a car pool" Similar supplycommon supplyreserve(s)storereservoirstockstockpileaccumulationstorehousehoardcachefundbacklog
   • ▪ a group of people available for work when required or considered as a resource: "the typing pool" Similar supplycommon supplyreserve(s)storereservoirstockstockpileaccumulationstorehousehoardcachefundbacklog
   • ▪ a common fund into which all contributors pay and from which financial backing is provided: "big public investment pools" Similar fundreservekittypotbankpursejackpotantestakes
   • ▪ the collective amount of players' stakes in gambling or sweepstakes; a kitty: "dividends are calculated by dividing the net pool by the stakes on the winners"
   • ▪ another term for football pool
   • 2. a game played on a small billiard table using two sets of seven coloured and numbered balls together with one black ball and a white cue ball, with the aim of pocketing all one's own balls and then the black.
   • 3. a group of contestants who compete against each other in a tournament for the right to advance to the next round: "the sides in Pool A"
   • 4. an arrangement, illegal in many countries, between competing parties to fix prices or rates and share business in order to eliminate competition: "pool arrangements by the competing networks reduce individual costs"

   verb

   • 1. (of two or more people or organizations) put (money or other assets) into a common fund: "they entered a contract to pool any gains and invest them profitably"
   • ▪ share (resources or information) for the benefit of all involved: "the skills of teachers can be pooled and shared"

   Word Origin late 17th century (originally denoting a game of cards having a pool): from French poule in the sense ‘stake, kitty’, associated with pool1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pooler noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPOOL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   • English (US)

     a number of people or a quantity of a particular thing, such...

   • Znaczenie Pool, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     pool definicja: 1. a small area of usually still water: 2. a...

   • Pool: Italian Translation

     POOL translate: piscina, gioco di biliardo, pool, pozza,...

   • Pool: Japanese Translation

     POOL translate: （水泳用の）プール, ビリヤード, スヌーカー, 水たまり, 液体のたまり,...

   • Pool: French Translation

     POOL translate: flaque [feminine], mare [feminine], piscine...

   • Pool: German Translation

     POOL translate: die Pfütze, die Lache, der Tümpel, der Pool,...

   • Pool: Russian Translation

     POOL translate: бассейн , лужа , пул , общий фонд (денег,...

   • Pool: Polish Translation

     POOL translate: basen, kałuża, bilard, pula, dzielić (się),...

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6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPOOL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   a small isolated collection of liquid spilt or poured on a surface; puddle. a pool of blood. 3. a deep part of a stream or river where the water runs very slowly. 4. an underground accumulation of oil or gas, usually forming a reservoir in porous sedimentary rock. 5. See swimming pool. Collins English Dictionary.

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