purse

Definition of purse in English English dictionary: A small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items; To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude
Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing.; A small bag for carrying money
And then muſt many a man occupie as farre as his purſe would reache, and ſtretche out his legges accordynge to the length of his couerlet.; A quantity of money given for a particular purpose
It was a historic and a hefty battle when Myler and Percy were scheduled to don the gloves for the purse of fifty sovereigns.; {v} to put into a purse, draw, contract; {n} a small bag used for money, a gift, a prize or sum to be run for at a horse race; If you purse your lips, you move them into a small, rounded shape, usually because you disapprove of something or when you are thinking. She pursed her lips in disapproval. if you purse your lips, you bring them together tightly into a small circle, especially to show disapproval or doubt; To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit; To steal purses; to rob; A small bag used by women for carrying various small personal items; {f} pucker, constrict into folds or wrinkles (about the lips, etc.); A specific sum of money In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters; In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans; A purse is a very small bag that people, especially women, keep their money in; a small bag for carrying money a sum of money offered as a prize; "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"; Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse; A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse; A handbag in which Mom carries the checkbook and keys she can never find because they're buried under tissues, gum wrappers, a plastic container full of cereal, toys from a fast-food restaurant, a teddy bear, a football, wallpaper samples, a grocery list and several outdated coupons; A purse is a small bag that women carry. She looked at me and then reached in her purse for cigarettes; contract one's lips into a rounded shape gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips; The cash prize won by the owner The purse is usually paid to the first five finishers 50% to the winner, 25% for place, 12% for third, 8% for fourth and 5% for fifth; gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"; the total amount of prize money that is split between the winning mushers in the race; To press (ones lips) in and together so that they protrude; To put into a purse; contract one's lips into a rounded shape; a bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her bag and found a comb"; Purse is used to refer to the total amount of money that a country, family, or group has. The money could simply go into the public purse, helping to lower taxes; 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; {i} handbag, pocketbook; wallet, billfold; wealth, money; treasury, fund; 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"; a small bag for carrying money a sum of money offered as a prize; "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses" 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" contract one's lips into a rounded shape gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips; [French] sieved raw or cooked food; thick vegetable soup which is passed through a sieve or an electric blender or food processor; (1 ) Gr balantion, a bag (Luke 10: 4; 22: 35, 36); The total prize money to be awarded to the race participants by the promoter; a sum of money offered as a prize; "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"; a bag used to carry money and other small things -- "There is constantly a need to know how much money is in your purse or wallet " (211); burse
purse seine: : a fishing seine having a purse cable which acts as a draw string for the bottom of the net allowing entire schools of fish to be enclosed and brought up. See
purse seines: plural form of purse seine
purse seine: A fishing net or seine which may be pursed or drawn into the shape of a bag, used for catching shoal fish
purse seiner: A vessel used in purse-seine fishing
purse crab: Either of two sand-dwelling brachyuran crabs (Persephona mediterranea or P. punctata) of the U.S. Atlantic coast, the Gulf of Mexico, and the West Indies, having a rounded body and, in the female, a purselike chamber for eggs
purse seine: purse seining n
purse seine: a seine designed to be set by two boats around a school of fish and then closed at the bottom by means of a line
purse string: a drawstring used to close the mouth of a purse
purse strings: If you say that someone holds or controls the purse strings, you mean that they control the way that money is spent in a particular family, group, or country. Women control the purse-strings of most families
purse-proud: proud or arrogant because of your wealth (especially in the absence of other distinction)
public purse: public funds, national treasury
Privy Purse: A member of the office which deals with the monarch's finances
Privy Purse: The amount of money the monarch may use for private or personal expenses
common purse: a shared or community fund
common purse: the people's purse
hold the purse strings: To be in control of spending; to have financial power and responsibility
loosen the purse strings: To increase spending or allow increased spending; to relax control of spending
make a silk purse of a sow's ear: To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value
A smart development can make a silk purse of a sow's ear, and the effect on older properties can be quite dramatic.
mermaid's purse: The egg case of a cartilaginous fish
shepherd's purse: A weed, Capsella bursa-pastoris, family Brassicaceae, native to Europe but now found world-wide
Stewed nettles; savoury messes of chickweed sprinkled with nutmeg; he cooks the foliage of shepherd's purse as if it were cabbage.
tighten the purse strings: To decrease spending or disallow increased spending; to increase control of spending
you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear: It is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value
make a silk purse out of sow's ear: (Atasözü) (You can't make a silk purse out of sow's ear) If you use the wrong material, no matter what you do, you can't make it work
A purse: crumenal
change purse: A change purse is a very small bag that people, especially women, keep their money in. a small bag in which coins are kept British Equivalent: purse
dip into one's purse: waste one's money, take money out of one's savings
electronic purse: Smart card stored value program
electronic purse: Smart cards that contain electronic money as opposed to bank notes and coins (1996, Schlumberger)
electronic purse: A small portable device which contains electronic money It is sometimes called the electronic wallet or the stored value card (SVC)
electronic purse: This is a prepaid card intended for purchases of small amounts, generally under $20
electronic purse: A stored-value payment card that holds value which can be exchanged for goods and services It is an alternative to cash The card can be disposable or re-loadable, but in each case the card's stored value is reduced as payments are made Electronic purses do not form part of the Chip and PIN Programme
electronic purse: New, cashless electronic payment procedure which the German financial sector will be introducing under the designation 'Geldkarte' ['Moneycard'], after a local field trial from the end of 1996 The rechargeable electronic purse is installed in a microprocessor chip, which is integrated in the EC card or in another bank card In particular, the electronic purse is used for the cashless payment of smaller amounts at automatic cashpoints The electronic purse is recharged by using the PIN at cashpoints or other terminals, in principle by debiting the personal account
electronic purse: A specific type of smart-card A chip in the card provides multiple payment options such as debit, credit, and direct payment from a stored balance The electronic purse allows for transactions with different merchants in many locations [FRBC]
have a well-lined purse: be wealthy, have a lot of money
hold the purse strings: control the money
long purse: {i} (British) riches, great deal of money, wealth
make up a purse: collect donation for the needy, raise money for the poor
privy purse: allowance for a monarch's personal expenses
privy purse: Privy Purse the privy purse money given by the British government to the king or queen for their personal use
pursed: {s} constricted into folds or wrinkles, puckered (about the lips, etc.)
pursed: past of purse
purses: plural of purse
pursing: present participle of purse
sea purse: The purse-shaped egg case of skates, rays, or certain sharks
sea purse: The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks
shepherd's purse: white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed
shepherd's purse: A common Eurasian weed (Capsella bursa-pastoris) having small white flowers and flat, heart-shaped or triangular fruit. Widespread lawn and roadside weed (Capsella bursa-pastoris) of the mustard family, native to the Mediterranean and now found worldwide. Growing as high as 18 in. (45 cm), it is easily recognized by its flat, heart-shaped, green fruits, borne along the branching flower stalks, which arise from a dandelion-like rosette of deeply cut or almost entire leaves at the base and bear clusters of tiny white flowers. Shepherd's purse has been much studied to understand embryogenesis (development from zygote to seedling) in flowering plants
shepherd's-purse: type of plant

purse

Turkish pronunciation

pırs

Synonyms

pocketbook, coin purse, change purse, handbag, bursary, grant, pucker, bag, billfold, bursa, carryall, clutch, frame, hide, leather

Antonyms

loss, open

Pronunciation

/ˈpərs/ /ˈpɜrs/

Etymology

[ 'p&rs ] (noun.) before 12th century. From Middle English, from Old English purs (“purse”), partly from Old English pusa (“wallet, bag, scrip”), and partly from Old English burse (“pouch, bag”). Old English pusa comes from Proto-Germanic *pusēn, *pū́saz (“bag, sack, scrip”), from Proto-Indo-European *būs- (“to swell, stuff”), and is cognate with Old High German pfoso (“pouch, purse”), Low Saxon pūse (“purse, bag”), Old Norse posi (“purse, bag”), Danish pose (“purse, bag”). Old English burse comes from Medieval Latin bursa (“leather bag”). Compare also Old French borse (French: bourse), Old Saxon bursa (“bag”), Old High German burissa (“wallet”).