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1.
A ~ is an amount of money gathered from several people, which is meant to be spent on things that these people will share or use together.
You haven’t put any money in the ~ for three weeks.
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2.
A ~ is the total amount of money which is bet in a gambling game, and which is taken by the winner or winners.
Each month the total prize ~ is ?13.5 million.
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