Look up: pool

1. Pool
   Is a term used in several ways. From a futures trading perspective, it refers to the amount or size of unfilled orders. This inability to fill orders can occur at a limit up or limit down market condition. For mortgages or other loans, it refers to the individual collateral underlying the security. ...
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2. pool
   A group of insurance companies sharing premiums and expenses, usually to cover large risks (e.g. aviation risks).
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3. pool
   [n] - any communal combination of funds 2. [n] - the combined stakes of the betters 3. [n] - a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid 4. [n] - something resembling a pool of liquid 5. [n] - an organization of people or resources that can be shared 6. [n] ...
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4. Pool
   An Oil Pool is a reservoir or group of reservoirs sharing the same pressure system
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5. pool
   in general, the term 'pool' is synonymous with the term 'reservoir'; however, in certain situations, a pool may consist of more than one reservoir.
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6. pool
   banks in a new eurobond issue that make a legal commitment guaranteeing the borrower a minimum price for the issue, even if the bonds cannot be placed in the primary market at a higher price Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • an agreement for co-operation, within a trade ...
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7. Pool
   Pool noun [ Anglo-Saxon pōl ; akin to LG. pool , pohl , Dutch poel , German pfuhl ; confer Icelandic pollr , also W. pwll , Gael. poll .] 1. A small and rather deep collection of...
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8. Pool
   Pool noun [ French poule , properly, a hen. See Pullet .] [ Written also poule .] 1. The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the...
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9. Pool
   Pool transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pooled ; present participle & verbal noun Pooling .] To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of ...
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10. Pool
    Pool intransitive verb To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
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11. pool
    1. A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools of Solomon. 'Charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool.' (Bacon) 'The sleepy pool above the dam.' (Tenn...
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12. pool
    puddle noun something resembling a pool of liquid; `he stood in a pool of light`; `his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines`
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13. pool
    pocket billiards noun any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
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14. pool
    noun an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
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15. pool
    noun any communal combination of funds; `everyone contributed to the pool`
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16. pool
    noun the combined stakes of the betters
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17. pool
    noun a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid; `there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain`; `the body lay in a pool of blood`
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18. pool
    (pldbomacl) a common reservoir on which to draw; a supply available to be used by a group. to create such a reservoir or supply, such as the mixing of plasma from several donors. an accumulation, as of blood in any part of the body due to retardation of the venous circulation. ...
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19. Pool
    • (n.) 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 poo...
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20. pool
    (from the article `insurance`) In order to obtain broader and statistically sounder rates, insurers often pool loss and claims experience by setting up rating bureaus to calculate ...
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21. pool
    (from the article `riverine ecosystem`) ...material, turbidity, and atmospheric gases, from the source to the mouth. There are two major zones: rapids, shallow water where currents are ...
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22. pool
    method of gambling in which all money bet on the result of a particular event by a number of people is awarded to one or more winners according to ...
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23. Pool
    In capital budgeting, the concept that investment projects are financed out of a pool of bonds, preferred stock, and common stock, and a weighted-average cost of capital must be used to calculate investment returns. In insurance, a group of insurers who share premiums and losses in order to spread r...
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24. POOL
    Parallel Object-Oriented Language. A series of languages from Philips Research Labs. See POOL2, POOL-I, POOL-T. (1995-02-07)
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25. Pool
    Scoured depression found on the bed of streams. Associated with riffles.
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