pool
Cross references:
1. monopoly
1. pool \'pu:l\ n [ME, fr. OE po-l; akin to OHG pfuol pool] 1: a small and
rather deep body of usu. fresh water 2: a small body of standing liquid :
PUDDLE 3: a continuous area of porous sedimentary rock which yields
petroleum or g as
2. pool n [F poule, lit., hen, fr. OF, fem. of poul cock - more at PULLE]T
1a: an aggregate stake to which each player of a game has contributed 1b:
all the money bet by a number of persons on a particular event 2a: a game
played on an English billiard table in which each of the players stakes a
sum and the winner takes all 2b: any of various games of billiards played
on a pool table having 6 pocke ts with usu. 15 object balls 3: an
aggregation of the interests or property of different persons made to
further a joint undertaking by subjecting them to the same control and a
common liability : as 3a: a common fund or combination of interests for the
common adventure in b uying or selling; esp : one for speculating in or
manipulating the market price of securities or commodities (as grain) 3b: a
combination between competing business houses for the control of traf fic
by removing competition 4: a fencing contest in which each member of a team
successively engages ea ch member of another team 5: a readily available
supply : as 5a: the whole quantity of a particular material present in the
body and ava ilable for function or the satisfying of metabolic demands 5b:
a body product (as blood) collected from many donors and stored for lat er
use
3. pool vt : to contribute to a common fund or effort