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pool 1

P0441500 (po͞ol)n.1. A small body of still water.2. An accumulation of standing liquid; a puddle: a pool of blood.3. A deep or still place in a stream.4. A swimming pool.5. An underground accumulation of petroleum or gas in porous sedimentary rock.intr.v. pooled, pool·ing, pools 1. To form pools or a pool: The receding tide pooled in hollows along the shore.2. To accumulate in a body part: preventing blood from pooling in the limbs.
[Middle English, from Old English pōl.]

pool 2

P0441500 (po͞ol)n.1. a. A game of chance, resembling a lottery, in which the contestants put staked money into a common fund that is later paid to the winner.b. A fund containing all the money bet in a game of chance or on the outcome of an event.2. A supply, as of vehicles or workers, available for use by a group.3. A group of journalists who cover an event and then by agreement share their reports with participating news media: the White House press pool.4. a. A mutual fund established by a group of stockholders for speculating in or manipulating prices of securities.b. The persons or parties participating in such a fund.5. A grouping of assets, such as mortgages, that serves as a basis for the issuing of securities.6. An agreement between competing business concerns to establish controls over production, market, and prices for common profit.7. Any of several games played on a six-pocket billiards table usually with 15 object balls and a cue ball. Also called pocket billiards.v. pooled, pool·ing, pools v.tr. To put into a pool, as for common use: Let's pool our resources to finish the project quickly.v.intr. To join or form a pool.
[French poule, hen, stakes, booty, from Old French, hen, young chicken, from Latin pullus, young of an animal; see pau- in Indo-European roots.]
pool′er n.
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