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porte-monnaie
, bourse
, portefeuille
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Purse
- (n.) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.
- (n.) A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.
- (n.) A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie.
- (v. t.) To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.
- (n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.
- (v. t.) To put into a purse.
- (n.) A specific sum of money
- (v. i.) To steal purses; to rob.
- (n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.
Synonyms:
Bag, Pocketbook, Wrinkle,
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• Purse-proud
- (a.) Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches.
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• Purser
- (n.) Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier.
- (n.) A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc.
- (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster.
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