A supply of resources. • A number of people when considered as a resource. • 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 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. • 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. • A group of fencers taking part in a competition. • A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division. • Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join. • The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes. • 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. • A set of players in quadrille etc. • A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement. • An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.