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pool2 noun 1 a reserve of money, personnel, vehicles, etc used as a communal resource. Also in compounds • typing pool. 2 the combined stakes of those betting on something; a jackpot. 3 commerce a group of businesses with a common arrangement to maintain high prices, so eliminating competition and preserving profits. 4 a game like billiards played with a white cue ball and usually 15 numbered coloured balls, the aim being to shoot specified balls into specified pockets using the cue ball. Compare snooker. verb (pooled, pooling) to put (money or other resources) into a common supply for general use.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from French poule, literally 'a hen', but associated in English with pool1 since the 18c.
pool2 noun 1 a reserve of money, personnel, vehicles, etc used as a communal resource. Also in compounds • typing pool. 2 the combined stakes of those betting on something; a jackpot. 3 commerce a group of businesses with a common arrangement to maintain high prices, so eliminating competition and preserving profits. 4 a game like billiards played with a white cue ball and usually 15 numbered coloured balls, the aim being to shoot specified balls into specified pockets using the cue ball. Compare snooker. verb (pooled, pooling) to put (money or other resources) into a common supply for general use.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from French poule, literally 'a hen', but associated in English with pool1 since the 18c.
pool2 noun 1 a reserve of money, personnel, vehicles, etc used as a communal resource. Also in compounds • typing pool. 2 the combined stakes of those betting on something; a jackpot. 3 commerce a group of businesses with a common arrangement to maintain high prices, so eliminating competition and preserving profits. 4 a game like billiards played with a white cue ball and usually 15 numbered coloured balls, the aim being to shoot specified balls into specified pockets using the cue ball. Compare snooker. verb (pooled, pooling) to put (money or other resources) into a common supply for general use.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from French poule, literally 'a hen', but associated in English with pool1 since the 18c.
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