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   Pool

   /po͞ol/

   

   noun

   • 1. a supply of vehicles or goods available for use when needed: "the oldest vehicle in the motor 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"
   • 2. a form of billiards in which the object is to pocket all the balls with a cue ball. There are many versions of the game, e.g. straight pool or eight ball.
   • 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 (things) for the benefit of all those involved: "a pooling of ideas"

   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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