pooling resources
Joining assets together
Pooling resources means combining assets, money, labor, or other contributions from multiple parties toward a shared goal.
The image is of separate streams flowing into a common pool: We pooled our resources to buy the cabin together.
Organizations pool resources to fund projects no single member could afford alone.
The phrase implies cooperation and shared benefit.
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- sharingDividing among others
- collectiveJointly organized group
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- combiningJoining multiple elements
gathering · fundraising · crowdfunding · kitty · pot · community chest · communal · joint · joint venture · partnership · synergy · alliance · contribution · chipping in · pitching in · splitting · going Dutch · consolidating
- cooperationteamwork, collaboration, joint effort, mutual aid, mutual support
- teamworkteamwork, co-op mode, collaborate, team games, assists
- Teamwork Skillsteamwork, cooperation, collaboration, collaborating, helping
- reciprocityreciprocity, likewise, mutual benefit, mutualism, two-way street
pooling resourcesgoing it alone
Acting independently, unassisted
keeping to oneself · self-reliance · going solo · flying solo · autonomy
pooling resourcesparceling out
Dividing and distributing shares
decentralizing · diffusion · disaggregation · compartmentalizing · splintering
pooling resourcesgoing it alone
Acting independently, unassisted
every man for himself · self-reliance · working in isolation · fending for oneself · flying solo
pool, pools, pooled, pooling, resource, resources, resourced, resourceful, resourcefully