Purse

[pɜːs] or [pɝs]

Definition

(noun.) a small bag for carrying money.

(noun.) a sum of money offered as a prize; 'the purse barely covered the winner's expenses'.

(noun.) 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'.

(verb.) contract one's lips into a rounded shape.

(verb.) gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; 'purse ones's lips'.

Editor: Samantha--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.

(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 specific sum of money

(n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.

(n.) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.

(v. t.) To put into a purse.

(v. t.) To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.

(v. i.) To steal purses; to rob.

Edited by Charlene

Definition

n. a small bag for money orig. made of skin: a sum of money esp. a sum given as a present or offered as a prize: a treasury: a person's finances.—v.t. to put into a purse: to contract as the mouth of a purse: to draw into folds or wrinkles.—n. Purse′-bear′er one who has charge of the purse of another: a treasurer.—adj. Purse′-bear′ing pouched marsupiate.—ns. Purse′ful as much as a purse can hold: enough to fill a purse; Purse′-mouth (Tenn.) a pursed-up mouth; Purse′-net a kind of net that can be closed like a purse; Purse′-pride.—adj. Purse′-proud proud of one's purse or wealth: insolent from wealth.—ns. Purs′er an officer who has charge of the provisions clothing and accounts of a ship now termed a 'paymaster;' Purs′ership; Purse′-seine a seine which can be pursed into the shape of a bag.—n.pl. Purse′-strings the strings fastening a purse.—n. Purse′-tak′ing robbing.—A light or empty purse poverty; A long or heavy purse riches; Privy purse an allowance for the private expenses of the British sovereign: an officer in the royal household who pays the sovereign the grant of the civil list for his private expenses.

Edited by Hilda