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pool 
1 n. West a co-operative grain-marketing organization among farmers.
- 1920 (1945) All pool members should receive the same price for the same grade of wheat, after adjustment of freight charges at terminals.
- 1940 The depression hit the pools hard but they have survived and are apparently in the West to stay.
- 1957 Wheatmen and their marketing "pools," as well as the government's own Wheat Board, ignore census data, rely on information supplied by grain elevator agents at 2,000 shipping points across the prairie provinces
2 Attributive use a train operated over a line of track by more than one railway company.
See also: pool (passenger) train
- 1959 The treasures were moved . . . from the Bank of Montreal to Union Station and a pool baggage car bound for Toronto.
- 1920 (1945) All pool members should receive the same price for the same grade of wheat, after adjustment of freight charges at terminals.