Grassplot and Pot
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
noun
- Metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid.
- A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination.
- The quantity contained in a pot.
- synonyms: potful
- A container in which plants are cultivated.
- synonyms: flowerpot
- Often followed by `of'. ( a large number or amount or extent)
- usage: "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
- The cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker.
- Slang for a paunch.
- synonyms: potbelly, bay window, corporation, tummy
- A resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets.
- synonyms: potentiometer
- Street names for marijuana.
verb
- Plant in a pot.
- usage: "He potted the palm"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- Alternative of race.
- (v.i.) To take a pot shot or shots, as at game or an enemy.
- (n.) The total of the bets at one time; the pool.
- (v.t.) To secure; gain; win; bag.
- (n.) The total of the bets at stake at one time, as in racing or card playing; the pool;.
- (n.) A plain defensive headpiece; later, and perhaps in a jocose sense, any helmet; -- called also pot helmet.
- (n.) a horse heavily backed; a favorite.
- (v.t.) To shoot for the pot, i.e., cooking; to secure or hit by a pot shot; to shoot when no special skill is needed.
- (n.) A size of paper. See Pott.
- (v.t.) To pocket.
- (n.) A perforated cask for draining sugar.
- (v.t.) To place or inclose in pots.
- (n.) A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.
- (n.) The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale.
- (v.t.) To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs.
- (v.t.) To preserve seasoned in pots.
- (n.) A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot.
- (n.) A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.
- (n.) A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.
- (v.t.) To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off.
- (n.) An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.
- (v.i.) To tipple; to drink.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Pot is the portion of stock or bond issue that is returned to the managing underwriter by the participating investment bankers for sale to institutional investors.