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purse English

Meaning purse meaning

What does purse mean?
Definitions in simple English

purse Noun

— A purse is a small bag that is used to carry money. That lady is carrying a yellow purse in her hand.

purse

— noun (= bag) a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) she reached into her bag and found a comb — verb contract one's lips into a rounded shape — 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 — noun a small bag for carrying money — noun a sum of money offered as a prize the purse barely covered the winner's expenses — verb (= wrinkle) gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker purse ones's lips

Synonyms purse synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as purse?

purse English » English

wallet handbag bag sack pouch pocketbook pucker case briefcase squeeze pocket satchel pout moneybag clench billfold wrinkle trunk till suitcase sporran saccule press together press portmonnaie pleat luggage knapsack container compress chase box wealth valise treasury track small bag small sma11 bag shut shrug sheath seek seed-vessel sacculus repository receptacle for money prim pooch out pooch

Topics purse topics

What do people use purse to talk about?
Work and occupation Tool Container

Bag
Work and occupation Finance Have wealth

Store wealth
Work and occupation Finance Dishonest financial practices

Steal
Person Body Head

Mouth
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Facial expression

Conjugation purse conjugation

How do you conjugate purse?

purse · verb

Examples purse examples

How do I use purse in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I lost my purse on my way to school.
What did you do with my purse?
Mary looked in her purse, but she didn't find what she was looking for.
Mary has lost her purse.
Paul wasn't with Mary when her purse was stolen.
Mrs. Baker had her purse stolen.
The man robbed me of my purse.
This purse is made of paper.
Empty the purse into this bag.
He said that he had left his purse at home and asked me if I could lend him 1,000 yen.
Will you help me look for my purse?
Don't lose your purse.
I must have lost my purse in the supermarket.
I did not miss my purse till I got home.
I did not miss my purse until I returned home.
Your purse is similar to mine.
I put my money in a purse.
It occurred to me that I had left my purse at home.
I had my purse stolen in the changing room.
I seem to have lost my purse.
A boy snatched my purse as he rode by on his bicycle.

Movie subtitles

I think it's in your purse.
The musician returning with replenished purse,.meets the Musketeers in Pig Alley.
My purse was heavy with ducats.
What'd you do, forget your purse?
One purse, empty.
It must have fallen out of my purse.
I'm very sorry to inform you, wifey dear but the family purse won't stand for our having separate establishment.
It's a great mistake for any woman to have a heart bigger than her purse.
If you look around, you'll find my purse somewhere.
Thank you for filling my purse.
I've lost my purse.
My purse, my purse, my purse.
No purse, put it back. Pulse.
I lost my purse.
Remind me to give you a purse of gold tomorrow.
Nick, look, my purse is gone.
He's a purse snatcher.
You do like this, then you do like that, then you take his purse like that and that's the way it's done.
I see. instead of doing that, I do this. - Then I take his purse and I.
The quarter you stole from my purse. Come on, will you?
Officer, this man stole a quarter from my purse.
I think it's in your purse. I know, I'm just too tired.
That dame just dropped this purse.
Oh, that's all right. I lost my purse and this gentleman returned it.
Well, thanks for returning my purse.
Well, I found her purse.
Hello. You dropped your purse.
You dropped your purse coming out of the beauty parlor.
There's another sucker out there with another purse and a bankroll.
I lost my purse and this gentleman returned it to me.
Lucky day for you when you dropped that purse.
These cabins cost two bucks a night. and I'm very sorry to inform you, wifey dear. that the family purse won't stand for separate establishments.

News and current affairs

This view clearly influences Republican office-holders, who fear the partisan beast that mans their campaigns' phone banks and holds the purse strings.
The increase will fall on employers, not the public purse, and so the reduction in credits and benefits is a net gain for Her Majesty's Treasury.
The EU redistributes billions of euros from rich to poor members: more poor members mean more claimants on that purse.
Germany has now opened its purse, acting as Greece's prime rescuer.
The European parliament is also not yet a real parliament, with control of the purse and oversight of the executive.
Blame for failures does rest, in part, on the West, which was nonchalant in its efforts and stingy with its purse.
The nature of the trouble in higher education is similar to that affecting all the public services: a massive growth in demand that can no longer be met from the public purse.
That doctrine of hard discipline was abolished in a coup in May 2010, when it was claimed that the world would collapse unless Germany opened its purse.
So far this year, healthy companies have slowly been loosening their purse strings - a notable departure from the risk-averse behavior that has prevailed since the global financial crisis.
And governments would almost certainly have to back some lending banks, too, so the claimed benefits in terms of insulating the public purse would not be realized.
Larger developing countries must assume an expanded role in unwinding the protectionist measures that came with their expanded use of the public purse, and reestablish forward motion.
Germany will have to loosen its beloved purse strings, and France will have to surrender some of its precious political sovereignty.
In democracies, courts are heard, and obeyed, even if their judgements affect the original parliamentary power of the purse, as in recent German cases concerning the pension entitlements of particular groups.

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