POOL - Definiția din dicționar
Traducere: română
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Pool (?), n. [AS.
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2. A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle. “The filthy mantled
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Pool, n. [F.
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2. 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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&hand_; This game is played variously, but commonly with fifteen balls, besides one cue ball, the contest being to drive the most balls into the pockets.
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3. 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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4. Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
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5. 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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6. (Railroads) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed
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7. (Law) 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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Pool, v. t.
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Pool, v. i. To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
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