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pool
has definitions from the fields of games,business,geography,finance
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[ noun ] an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
Used in print (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)They picnicked by the pool , then lay back on the grass and looked at stars . Related terms |
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[ verb ] combine into a common fund
Examples "We pooled resources" Used in print (M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)The strip sections containing a given protein were pooled , eluted with 0.5 ml of isotonic saline , and the eluates were tested for antibody activity . Related terms |
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[ verb ] add together from different sources
Synonyms Examples "combine resources" Used in print (Science of Mind, 34:11...)And think , if we all knew this secret and we could pool our power , what a wonderful public_utility company we would make . (Rhode Island Legislative Council. Research Report...)Good facilities would be a decided help to pool operations and probably reduce vehicle costs even more . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an organization of people or resources that can be shared
Examples "a car pool" "a secretarial pool" "when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool" Used in print (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)Churches can be strengthened through this process of co-optation so_long as the environs of the church provide a sufficient pool of people who can fit the pattern of economic integration ; once the pool of recruits diminishes , the congregation is helpless - friendly contacts no_longer keep it going . Churches can be strengthened through this process of co-optation so_long as the environs of the church provide a sufficient pool of people who can fit the pattern of economic integration ; once the pool of recruits diminishes , the congregation is helpless - friendly contacts no_longer keep it going . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (business) an association of companies for some definite purpose
Synonyms Used in print (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)SBA loans , which may be made to small manufacturers , small business pools , wholesalers , retailers , service establishments and other small businesses ( when financing is not otherwise available to them on reasonable terms ) , are to finance business construction , conversion , or expansion ; the purchase of equipment , facilities , machinery , supplies , or materials ; or to supply working_capital . To qualify for either type of loan , an applicant must be a small business or approved small business `` pool '' and must meet certain credit requirements . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (geography) a small lake
Synonyms Examples "the pond was too small for sailing" Used in print (Howard Fast, April Morning....)We tumbled to a stop in Deacon_Gordon 's cow hole , a low-lying bit of pasture with a muddy pool of water in its middle . Related terms lake millpond swimming_hole mere horsepond water_hole fishpond |
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[ noun ] (finance,business) any communal combination of funds
Examples "everyone contributed to the pool" Used in print (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)It is assumed that the iodine released from the iodotyrosines remains in the iodide pool of the thyroid , where it is oxidised and re-incorporated into thyroglobulin . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
Synonyms Examples "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain" "the body lay in a pool of blood" Used in print (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)I did n't want to touch him and I hoped Ma would do it but she kept looking at the kid 's clothes piled on the floor and the pool of water by them and did n't make any move to . Related terms |
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[ noun ] something resembling a pool of liquid
Synonyms Examples "he stood in a pool of light" "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1990
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[ noun ] (games) any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
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