ALL meanings of pools
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P p - noun pools 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. 1
- noun pools the total amount staked by a combination of bettors, as on a race, to be awarded to the successful bettor or bettors. 1
- noun pools the combination of such bettors. 1
- noun pools 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. 1
- noun pools Finance. a combination of persons or organizations for the purpose of manipulating the prices of securities. 1
- noun pools a combination of resources, funds, etc., for common advantage. 1
- noun pools the combined interests or funds. 1
- noun pools a facility, resource, or service that is shared by a group of people: a car pool; a typing pool. 1
- noun pools the persons or parties involved. 1
- noun pools the stakes in certain games. 1
- noun pools British. a billiard game. 1
- noun pools Fencing. a match in which each teammate successively plays against each member of the opposing team. 1
- verb without object pools to enter into or form a pool. 1
- verb with object pools to put (resources, money, etc.) into a pool, or common stock or fund, as for a financial venture, according to agreement. 1
- verb with object pools to form a pool of. 1
- verb with object pools to make a common interest of. 1
- adjective pools of or belonging to a pool: a pool typist; a pool reporter. 1
- noun plural pools an organized nationwide principally postal gambling pool betting on the result of football matches 0