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pool¹ (pōōl) Pronunciation Key
n.

A small body of still water.
An accumulation of standing liquid; a puddle: a pool of blood.
A deep or still place in a stream.
A swimming pool.
An underground accumulation of petroleum or gas in porous sedimentary rock.

intr.v. pooled, pool·ing, pools

To form pools or a pool: The receding tide pooled in hollows along the shore.
To accumulate in a body part: preventing blood from pooling in the limbs.

[Middle English, from Old English pōl.]

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Language Translation for : pools

Spanish:

quiniela,

German:

das Fußballtoto,

Japanese:

サッカーとばく

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pool² (pōōl) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. 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.
2. A fund containing all the money bet in a game of chance or on the outcome of an event.
3. A mutual fund established by a group of stockholders for speculating in or manipulating prices of securities.
4. The persons or parties participating in such a fund.
A grouping of resources for the common advantage of the participants: a pool of implements for the use of all the workers on the estate; forming a pool of our talents.
An available supply, the use of which is shared by a group.
A group of journalists who cover an event and then by agreement share their reports with participating news media: the White House press pool.
1. A mutual fund established by a group of stockholders for speculating in or manipulating prices of securities.
2. The persons or parties participating in such a fund.
An agreement between competing business concerns to establish controls over production, market, and prices for common profit.
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 fund for use by all: 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-¹ in Indo-European roots.]
pool'er n.

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