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Purse
noun
- 1.
- (a small pouch for carrying money; sum of money; funds, money offered as a prize, reward, or gift) lady's purse កាបូប (ស្ដ្រី), កាបូប
- 2.
- (ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម) ការបូមលុយ, ហិបប្រាក់, បេឡា, ប្រាក់រង្វាន់
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- 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.
- Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.
- 3.
- A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.
- 4.
- A specific sum of money
- 5.
- In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.
- 6.
- In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.
verb
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To put into a purse.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To steal purses; to rob.