PURSE
\pˈɜːs], \pˈɜːs], \p_ˈɜː_s]\
Definitions of PURSE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a small bag for carrying money
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a sum of money offered as a prize; "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"
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a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse; "he made the contribution out of his own purse"; "he and his wife shared a common purse"
By Princeton University
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a small bag for carrying money
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a sum of money offered as a prize; "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"
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a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse; "he made the contribution out of his own purse"; "he and his wife shared a common purse"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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a small bag for carrying money
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To draw into wrinkles.
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To place in a purse.
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A treasury.
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Money offered as a prize.
By James Champlin Fernald
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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.
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Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.
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A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.
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A specific sum of money
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In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.
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In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.
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To put into a purse.
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To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.
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To steal purses; to rob.
By Oddity Software
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A small bag or pouch for money; a sum of money collected for a purpose; as, they made up a purse for the widow; treasury; as, the public purse.
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To pucker or wrinkle; as, to purse the lips.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A small bag for money, orig. made of skin: a sum of money: a treasury.
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To put into a purse: to contract as the mouth of a purse: to contract into folds.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Robley Dunglison
