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pocket 1. Billiards Snooker any of the six holes with pouches or nets let into the corners and sides of a billiard table 2. Australian Rules football a player in one of two side positions at the ends of the ground pocket [′päk·ət] (building construction) A recess in a wall designed to receive a folding or sliding door in the open position. (civil engineering) A recess made in masonry to receive the end of a beam. (computer science) One of the several receptacles into which punched cards are fed by a card sorter. (geology) A cavity that contains a deposit such as a gas or an ore. An enclosed or sheltered place along a coast, such as a reentrant between rocky, cliffed headlands or a bight on a lee shore. (mining engineering) A receptacle from which coal, ore, or waste is loaded into wagons or cars. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| As a result, people paid out of pocket for a higher proportion of mental-health services than for general health services and faced catastrophic financial losses and possibly transfer to the public sector when the costs of their care exceeded the limits. ``If I had known this would be a problem I would have taken it to Kinko's and paid out of pocket,'' Stokka said. Because you are not covered by the "catastrophic" insurance until your condition has been declared catastrophic, the deductible does not have to be measured by the amount that you have paid out of pocket. |
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