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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; as, the pools of Solomon. |
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A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle. |
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The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards,
etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare;
also, the receptacle for the stakes. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons
join. |
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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; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit;
he put $10,000 into the pool. |
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A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the
receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according
to agreement. |
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An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to
different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with
common liabilities. |
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To put together; to 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. |
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To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial,
speculative, or gambling transaction. |
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