A supply of resources.
A localized glow of light.
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 cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour, 7 of another, 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.
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.
An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
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 small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
A set of players in quadrille etc.
A group of fencers taking part in a competition.
A small amount of liquid on a surface.
Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
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.
To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.
To form a pool.
To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
A reserve price in an auction.
Wine held back and aged before being sold.
A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain.
The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.
A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose
A resist.
Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.
In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.
A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates.
A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.)
Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.
A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play.
To keep back; to retain.
To book in advance; to make a reservation.
To keep in store for future or special use.