POOL


Meaning of POOL in English

n.

Function: noun

Etymology: French poule, literally, hen, from Old French, feminine of poul cock ― more at PULLET

Date: 1708

1 a : an aggregate stake to which each player of a game has contributed b : all the money bet by a number of persons on a particular event

2 a : a game played on an English billiard table in which each of the players stakes a sum and the winner takes all b : any of various games of billiards played on an oblong table having 6 pockets with usually 15 object balls

3 : an aggregation of the interests or property of different persons made to further a joint undertaking by subjecting them to the same control and a common liability

4 : a readily available supply: as a : the whole quantity of a particular material present in the body and available for function or the satisfying of metabolic demands b : a body product (as blood) collected from many donors and stored for later use c : a group of people available for some purpose <a shrinking pool of applicants> <typing pool >

5 : GENE POOL

6 : a group of journalists from usually several news organizations using pooled resources (as television equipment) to produce shared coverage especially of events to which access is restricted

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.