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- pronunciation:
- pul
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a grouping of businesses or individuals for the purpose of combining resources and deriving common benefit from their association.
- similar words:
- alliance, association, collective, combine, consortium, cooperative, force, league, syndicate
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| definition 2: |
a group of competitors who secretly agree to control production and prices of something.
- synonyms:
- trust
- similar words:
- cartel, combine, monopoly, syndicate
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| definition 3: |
any resource used in common by many groups or people.
- similar words:
- bank, fund, reserve, reservoir
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| definition 4: |
the total amount of money bet by all players in a game of chance such as poker.
- synonyms:
- jackpot, kitty, pot
- similar words:
- ante, bank, stakes
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| definition 5: |
any of several games in which sticks are used to drive balls into pockets attached to the edges and corners of a large table; billiards.
- similar words:
- billiards, snooker
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| related words: |
alliance, force, wager |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
pools, pooling, pooled |
| definition: |
to put into a common supply to be shared by all involved.
- similar words:
- ally, combine, consolidate, lump, share, unite
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| related words: |
lump |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to join or create a pool or other shared endeavor.
- similar words:
- associate, chip in, combine, cooperate, league, merge
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| related words: |
concur |
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