pool English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) pool, pole, pol, from (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water.
- the pools of Solomon
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* (rfdate) :
- Charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool .
* (rfdate) :
- The sleepy pool above the dam.
A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
* (rfdate) :
- The filthy mantled pool beyond your cell.
A swimming pool.
A supply of resources.
Derived terms
* swimming pool
* tidepool
* whirlpool
Descendants
* Japanese:
Verb
( en verb)
(of a liquid) to form a pool
Etymology 2
(etyl) , which has been explained anecdotally as deriving from an old informal betting game in France - 'jeu de poule' - Game of Chicken (or Hen, literally) in which poule became synonymous with the combined money pot claimed by the winner)
Noun
( en noun)
(uncountable) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.
* (rfdate) (William Makepeace Thackeray):
- He plays pool at the billiard houses.
In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.
- The pool took all the wheat offered below the limit.
- He put $10,000 into the pool .
(rail transport) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
(legal) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
Derived terms
* blind pool
* bumper pool
* carpool
* cesspool
* dirty pool
* gene pool
* kelly pool
* motor pool
* pool hall
* pool table
* poolroom
* tidal pool
* vanpool
Verb
( en verb)
to put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic
* (rfdate) Grant:
- Finally, it favors the pooling of all issues.
to combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction
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collection English
Noun
( en noun)
A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together.
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- Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections , rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
* (William Whewell)
- Collections of moisture.
* Dunglison
- A purulent collection .
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Multiple related objects associated as a group.
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The activity of collecting.
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(topology, analysis) A set of sets.
A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
(obsolete) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
* (John Milton)
- We may safely say thus, that wrong collections have been hitherto made out of those words by modern divines.
(UK) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term.
Derived terms
* collection agency
* collection plate
* minicollection
* take up a collection
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