Meaning of 'pool' (Webster Dictionary)
- 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.
- A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons
join.
- 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.
- A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the
receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according
to agreement.
- An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to
different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with
common liabilities.
- To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial,
speculative, or gambling transaction.
- 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.
Meaning of 'pool' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- an organization of people or resources that can be shared
Example in sentence:- a car pool;
- a secretarial pool;
- when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool
Meaning (2):
- any communal combination of funds
Example in sentence:- everyone contributed to the pool
Meaning (3):
- something resembling a pool of liquid
Example in sentence:- he stood in a pool of light;
- his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines
Meaning (4):
- a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
Example in sentence:- the body lay in a pool of blood;
- there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
Meaning (5):
- a small lake
Example in sentence:- the pond was too small for sailing
Meaning (6):
- combine into a common fund
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