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Meaning Of Purse

  1. 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.
  2. n.
    Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.
  3. n.
    A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.
  4. n.
    A specific sum of money
  5. n.
    In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.
  6. n.
    In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.
  7. v. t.
    To put into a purse.
  8. v. t.
    To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.
  9. v. i.
    To steal purses; to rob.



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