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pot

1  [pot] noun, verb, pot⋅ted, pot⋅ting.
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–noun
1. a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
2. such a container with its contents: a pot of stew.
3. the amount contained in or held by a pot; potful.
4. a flowerpot.
5. a container of liquor or other drink: a pot of ale.
6. liquor or other drink.
7. a cagelike vessel for trapping fish, lobsters, eels, etc., typically made of wood, wicker, or wire. Compare lobster pot.
8. a chamber pot.
9. Metallurgy.
a. a vessel for melting metal; melting pot.
b. an electrolytic cell for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
10. British.
a. chimney pot.
b. Dialect. a basket or box used for carrying provisions or the like; a pannier.
11. Slang. a large sum of money.
12. all the money bet at a single time; pool.
13. British Slang. (in horse racing) the favorite.
14. potshot.
15. a liquid measure, usually equal to a pint or quart.
16. Armor.
a. an open, broad-brimmed helmet of the 17th century.
b. any open helmet.
17. Slang. a potbelly.
–verb (used with object)
18. to put into a pot.
19. to preserve (food) in a pot.
20. to cook in a pot.
21. to transplant into a pot: We must pot the petunias.
22. Hunting.
a. to shoot (game birds) on the ground or water, or (game animals) at rest, instead of in flight or running: He can't even pot a sitting duck.
b. to shoot for food, not for sport.
23. Informal. to capture, secure, or win.
–verb (used without object)
24. Informal. to take a potshot; shoot.
—Idioms
25. go to pot, to become ruined; deteriorate: With no one to care for it, the lovely old garden went to pot.
26. sweeten the pot. sweeten (def. 8).
Origin:
1150–1200; ME pott (see potter 1 ); c. D, LG pot (perh. > F pot)

Related forms:
potlike, adjective
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pot

2  [pot]
–noun Slang.
marijuana.
Origin:
1935–40, Americanism; said to be a shortening of MexSp potiguaya or potaguaya, appar. contr. of potación de guaya wine or brandy in which marijuana buds have been steeped (lit., drink of grief)

pot

3  [pot]
–noun Scot. and North England.
a deep hole; pit.
Origin:
1325–75; ME; perh. identical with pot 1

pot.

 
Electricity.
1. potential.
2. potentiometer.
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pot 1   (pŏt)   
n.  

  1. Any of various usually domestic containers made of pottery, metal, or glass, as:

    1. A round, fairly deep cooking vessel with a handle and often a lid.

    2. A short round container for storing or serving food: a jam pot; a mustard pot.

    3. A coffeepot.

    4. A teapot.

    5. Such a container and its contents: a pot of stew; brewed a pot of coffee.

    6. A potful.

    7. A large drinking cup; a tankard.

    8. A drink of liquor contained in such a cup.

    9. The total amount staked by all the players in one hand at cards. See Synonyms at bet.

    10. The area on a card table where stakes are placed.

    11. A shot in billiards or related games intended to send a ball into a pocket.

    1. Such a container and its contents: a pot of stew; brewed a pot of coffee.

    2. A potful.

    3. A large drinking cup; a tankard.

    4. A drink of liquor contained in such a cup.

    5. The total amount staked by all the players in one hand at cards. See Synonyms at bet.

    6. The area on a card table where stakes are placed.

    7. A shot in billiards or related games intended to send a ball into a pocket.

    1. A large drinking cup; a tankard.

    2. A drink of liquor contained in such a cup.

    3. The total amount staked by all the players in one hand at cards. See Synonyms at bet.

    4. The area on a card table where stakes are placed.

    5. A shot in billiards or related games intended to send a ball into a pocket.

  4. An artistic or decorative ceramic vessel of any shape.

  5. A flowerpot.

  6. Something, such as a chimney pot or chamber pot, that resembles a round cooking vessel in appearance or function.

  7. A trap for eels, other fish, or crustaceans, typically consisting of a wicker or wire basket or cage.

  8. Games

    1. The total amount staked by all the players in one hand at cards. See Synonyms at bet.

    2. The area on a card table where stakes are placed.

    3. A shot in billiards or related games intended to send a ball into a pocket.

  9. Informal A common fund to which members of a group contribute.

  10. Informal A large amount. Often used in the plural: made pots of money on their investment.

  11. Informal A potshot.

  12. Informal A potbelly.

  13. Informal A potty or toilet.

  14. See potentiometer.

v.   pot·ted, pot·ting, pots

v.   tr.

  1. To place or plant in a pot: pot a geranium.

  2. To preserve (food) in a pot.

  3. To cook in a pot.

  4. To shoot (game) for food rather than for sport.

  5. Informal To shoot with a potshot.

  6. Informal To win or capture; bag.

  7. Games To hit (a ball) into a pocket.

v.   intr.

  1. Informal To take a potshot.

  2. To make or shape objects from clay, as on a potter's wheel.


[Middle English, from Old English pott, from Vulgar Latin *pottus.]
pot 2   (pŏt)   
n.   Slang
Marijuana.

[Origin unknown.]
po·ten·ti·om·e·ter   (pə-těn'shē-ŏm'ĭ-tər)   
n.  

  1. An instrument for measuring an unknown voltage by comparison to a standard voltage.

  2. A three-terminal resistor with an adjustable center connection, widely used for volume control in radio and television receivers. Also called pot1.


[potenti(al) + -meter.]
po·ten'ti·o·met'ric (-ə-mět'rĭk) adj.
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Slang Dictionary
pot

  1. n.
    a toilet. (Usually with the.) : Jimmy's on the pot, Mommy.
  2. n.
    a drinking vessel. (Old but still heard.) : How about a pot of beer?
  3. in.
    to drink heavily; to use a pot(sense 2) to excess. : Let's sit here and pot for a while.
  4. n.
    a vessel, hat, basket, etc., used to collect or receive contributions. : Please pass the pot.
  5. n.
    a sum of money collected; a pool of money. : How large is the pot this month?
  6. n.
    cannabis; marijuana. (Originally drugs, now widely known.) : The cops found pot growing next to city hall.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

pot  (1)
"vessel," from late O.E. pott and O.Fr. pot, both from a general Low Gmc. and Romanic word from V.L. *pottus, of uncertain origin, said by OED to be unconnected to L.L. potus "drinking cup" (c.600). Celtic forms are said to be borrowed from Eng. and French. Slang meaning "large sum of money staked on a bet" is attested from 1823. Potbellied is first attested 1657; potholder is from 1928. Pot roast is from 1881; pot-pie is 1823, Amer.Eng.; phrase go to pot (16c.) suggests cooking. Potboiler in the literary sense is 1864, from notion of something one writes just to put food on the table. Potted in the fig. sense of "put into a short, condensed form" is attested from 1866. In phrases, the pot calls the kettle black-arse is from c.1700; shit or get off the pot is traced by Partridge to Canadian armed forces in World War II.

pot  (2)
"marijuana," 1938, probably a shortened form of Mexican Sp. potiguaya "marijuana leaves."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

Pot

The portion of a stock or bond issue that investment bankers return to the underwriter so the portion can be sold to institutional investors.

Investopedia Commentary

Depending upon the issue and the size of the pot, it may be very lucrative for the underwriter to sell inventory to institutional investors.

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See also: Institutional Investor, Pot is Clean, Underwriter

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Financial Dictionary

pot

The securities from a new issue that are returned to the lead underwriter by syndicate members for sale to institutional investors. See also pot is clean.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1pot
Pronunciation: 'pät
Function: noun
: a usually rounded container

Main Entry: 2pot
Function: noun
: MARIJUANA
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Idioms & Phrases

pot

In addition to the idiom beginning with pot, also see fish or cut bait (shit or get off the pot); go to pot; hit the jackpot; sweeten the kitty (pot); take potluck; tempest in a teapot; watched pot never boils.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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