pool resources
Merge available assets
To pool resources is to combine assets, money, or capabilities from multiple sources for shared use or benefit.
The image is of streams flowing into a common pool: Several neighbors pooled resources to hire a lawyer.
Organizations pool resources to accomplish what none could alone.
The phrase implies both contribution and shared access to the combined whole.
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- join forcesCollaborate with others
- collaborateWork jointly with others
- team upForm a working alliance
- sharePortion given out
collective · common goal · contribute · pitch in · synergy · teamwork · all hands on deck · fund · invest · crowdfund · gather · put together · merge · allies · partnership · cooperative · mutual aid · kitty
- joiningjoin, attach, fasten, connect, bind
- teamworkteamwork, co-op mode, collaborate, team games, assists
pool resourceskeep to oneself
Remain private about something
go it alone · hold back · compartmentalize · silo · hold onto
pool resourcessplit up
Sever a union
scatter · partition · parcel out · fragment · break apart
pool resourceshoard
Hidden accumulated valuables
go it alone · monopolize · look out for number one · fend for oneself · every man for himself
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