[pool] 
| 1. | Also called pocket billiards. any of various games played on a pool table with a cue ball and 15 other balls that are usually numbered, in which the object is to drive all the balls into the pockets with the cue ball. |
| 2. | the total amount staked by a combination of bettors, as on a race, to be awarded to the successful bettor or bettors. |
| 3. | the combination of such bettors. |
| 4. | an association of competitors who agree to control the production, market, and price of a commodity for mutual benefit, although they appear to be rivals. |
| 5. | Finance. a combination of persons or organizations for the purpose of manipulating the prices of securities. |
| 6. | a combination of resources, funds, etc., for common advantage. |
| 7. | the combined interests or funds. |
| 8. | a facility, resource, or service that is shared by a group of people: a car pool; a typing pool. |
| 9. | the persons or parties involved. |
| 10. | the stakes in certain games. |
| 11. | British. a billiard game. |
| 12. | Fencing. a match in which each teammate successively plays against each member of the opposing team. |
| 13. | to put (resources, money, etc.) into a pool, or common stock or fund, as for a financial venture, according to agreement. |
| 14. | to form a pool of. |
| 15. | to make a common interest of. |
| 16. | to enter into or form a pool. |
| 17. | of or belonging to a pool: a pool typist; a pool reporter. |
pool
A temporary affiliation of two or more people in an attempt to manipulate a security's price and/or volume. The pool is necessary in order to acquire the capital needed to manipulate a stock having a large market value. Pools were especially popular in the 1920s and early 1930s but now have been regulated out of existence. See also blind pool, trading pool.
See mortgage pool.
pool (p&oomacr;l)
n.
A collection of blood in any region of the body due to dilation and retardation of the circulation in capillaries and veins.
