meaning of purse
1. To put into a purse.
2. To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.
3. To steal purses; to rob.
4. 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.
5. Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.
6. A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.
7. A specific sum of money
8. In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.
9. In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.
10. a bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories especially by women; "she reached into her bag and found a
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Related Words
purse | purse seine | purse string | purse-proud | purse-string operation | pursed | purseful | pursefuls | purser | pursership | purset |
