Definitions for Briefcase
ˈbrifˌkeɪsbrief·case

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. briefcasenoun

   a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books

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1. briefcasenoun

   a case used for carrying documents (especially by business people)

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1. Briefcase

   A briefcase is a narrow hard-sided box-shaped bag or case used mainly for carrying papers and equipped with a handle. Lawyers commonly use briefcases to carry briefs to present to a court, hence the name. Businesspeople and other white collar professionals also use briefcases to carry papers, and since the 1980s, electronic devices such as laptop computers and tablet computers. Some briefcases have only a main internal space, while others may have subsections, accordion sections, small pockets, or dividers. Briefcases may be made from leather, vinyl, durable fabric, thin metal (such as aluminium), or plastic. Leather, vinyl, or fabric briefcases may have externally-accessible pockets or sleeves in addition to the main storage space. Some briefcases made of fabric may have a shoulder strap. Briefcases typically have a lock to protect the contents. Nowadays, briefcases may have padded internal pouches to protect laptop computers.

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1. briefcase

   A briefcase is a portable, often rectangular case with a handle, used mainly for carrying papers, documents, or books. It is commonly used by professionals such as lawyers, businesspersons, or salespeople to carry important files, business contracts, or essential work-related materials, and is typically made of leather, hard plastic, or synthetic materials. Some versions may have locks for added security.

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1. Briefcase

   A briefcase is a narrow box-shaped bag or case used mainly for carrying papers and other documents and equipped with a handle. Lawyers commonly use briefcases to carry briefs to present to a court, hence the name. Businesspeople and other professionals also use briefcases to carry important papers and, today, laptop computers. Briefcases are descendants of the limp satchel used in the fourteenth century for carrying money and valuables. It was called a "budget", derived from the Latin word "bulga" or Irish word "bolg", both meaning leather bag, and also the source of the financial term "budget". Godillot of Paris was the first to use a hinged iron frame on a carpet bag, in 1826. There then followed the Gladstone bag and the Rosebery, an oval-top bag. Eventually these became the modern metal-framed briefcase. The first of what is known as the modern rectangular briefcase is said to have been invented in the late 1850s.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Briefcase in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Briefcase in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Briefcase in a Sentence

1. Tori Spelling:

   I heard about the show from my agent. She said, ‘Your dad is doing it.’ I was like, ‘I haven’t heard anything about it.’ I popped into his briefcase when he got home, and I was like, cool, i really wanted to play Andrea. I went in under a different name, then I got the part of Donna — which I’m sure had something to do with my dad.

2. Minor Myers:

   These cases suggest appraisal can still be a useful remedy for a stockholder, but you can't just have a briefcase full of analysis and hope to pull the wool over a judge's eyes.

3. Curtis Armstrong:

   Everybody has their own opinions about what the reason was, after a while, they were barely even trying to hide it … It was a fairly well-known fact that they did not get along … I think there was a briefcase thrown at one point.

4. Jennifer Nelson:

   On one hand, the woman was empowered ... she was a briefcase-carrying worker outside the home. But then there was the superwoman complex that came along and meant that while she was doing all that, she was also raising kids, and she was also trying to please her man, it was like, OK women — you wanted it all so now you can work, you can raise kids, you can look sexy and make the money.

5. Blake Nash:

   The day of putting on a suit and tie at 6 in the morning and getting a clean cut shave and taking your briefcase to an office somewhere, it’s gone.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Briefcase
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Briefcase
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briefcase
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Briefcase