📖 Definitions of "Purse"
noun
- 1
A small bag for carrying money.
- 2
A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)
- 3
A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
- 4
A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.
verb
- 1
To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.
- 2
To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.
- 3
To put into a purse.
- 4
To steal purses; to rob.
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