pool

pool (danh từ) nghĩa là nguồn lực, nguồn dự trữ, đội ngũ nhân lực.

1. A supply of resources.Nguồn tài nguyên hoặc phương tiện sẵn có để sử dụng.
2. A number of people when considered as a resource.Một nhóm người được xem là nguồn nhân lực.
3. A billiards game in which each player 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.
4. A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour or solids, 7 of another color or stripes, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.
5. 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.

• There is a limited pool of candidates from which to choose the new manager.
• The pool took all the wheat offered below the limit.
• He put $10,000 into the pool.