Definitions for PURSE
pɜrspurse

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. bag, handbag, pocketbook, pursenoun

   a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

   "she reached into her bag and found a comb"

2. pursenoun

   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"

3. pursenoun

   a small bag for carrying money

4. purseverb

   a sum of money offered as a prize

   "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"

5. purseverb

   contract one's lips into a rounded shape

6. purse, wrinkleverb

   gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker

   "purse ones's lips"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. pursenoun

   A small bag for carrying money.

2. pursenoun

   A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)

3. pursenoun

   A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.

4. purseverb

   To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PURSEnoun

   A small bag in which money is contained.

   Etymology: bourse, Fr. pwrs, Welsh.

   She bears the purse too; she is a region in Guiana all gold and bounty. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

   Shall the son of England prove a thief,
   And take purses? William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   He sent certain of the chief prisoners, richly apparalled with their purses full of money, into the city. Richard Knolles.

   I will give him the thousand pieces, and, to his great surprise, present him with another purse of the same value. Add.

2. To Purseverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To put into a purse.

   I am spell-caught by Philidel,
   And purs’d within a net. Dryden.

   I purs’d it up, but little reck’ning made,
   ’Till now that this extremity compell’d,
   I find it true. John Milton.

   2. To contract as a purse.

   Thou cried’st,
   And did’st contract and purse thy brow together,
   As if thou then had’st shut up in thy brain
   Some horrible conceit. William Shakespeare, Othello.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pursenoun

   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. Pursenoun

   hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse

3. Pursenoun

   a sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse

4. Pursenoun

   a specific sum of money

5. Pursenoun

   in Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters

6. Pursenoun

   in Persia, the sum of 50 tomans

7. Purseverb

   to put into a purse

8. Purseverb

   to draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit

9. Purseverb

   to steal purses; to rob

10. Etymology: [OE. purs, pors, OF. burse, borse, bourse, F. bourse, LL. bursa, fr. Gr. hide, skin, leather. Cf. Bourse, Bursch, Bursar, Buskin.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Purse

   purs, n. a small bag for money, orig. made of skin: a sum of money, esp. a sum given as a present or offered as a prize: a treasury: a person's finances.—v.t. to put into a purse: to contract as the mouth of a purse: to draw into folds or wrinkles.—n. Purse′-bear′er, one who has charge of the purse of another: a treasurer.—adj. Purse′-bear′ing, pouched, marsupiate.—ns. Purse′ful, as much as a purse can hold: enough to fill a purse; Purse′-mouth (Tenn.), a pursed-up mouth; Purse′-net, a kind of net that can be closed like a purse; Purse′-pride.—adj. Purse′-proud, proud of one's purse or wealth: insolent from wealth.—ns. Purs′er, an officer who has charge of the provisions, clothing, and accounts of a ship, now termed a 'paymaster;' Purs′ership; Purse′-seine, a seine which can be pursed into the shape of a bag.—n.pl. Purse′-strings, the strings fastening a purse.—n. Purse′-tak′ing, robbing.—A light, or empty, purse, poverty; A long, or heavy, purse, riches; Privy purse, an allowance for the private expenses of the British sovereign: an officer in the royal household who pays the sovereign the grant of the civil list for his private expenses. [O. Fr. borse (Fr. bourse)—Low L. bursa—Gr. byrsa, a hide.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. purse

   A type of product created and designed in various colors, materials, shapes, sizes and styles for a variety of purposes according to the design.

   To a lady a purse can mean many things, a container to hold money, cards and various other items according to the design.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on July 30, 2016  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PURSE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Purse is ranked #54178 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Purse surname appeared 381 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Purse.
   
   65.6% or 250 total occurrences were White.
   27% or 103 total occurrences were Black.
   3.9% or 15 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.1% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Bag
   • Container
   • Contract
   • Round
   • Sum

Anagrams for PURSE »

1. rupes

2. sprue

3. super

4. resup

How to pronounce PURSE?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say PURSE in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of PURSE in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of PURSE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of PURSE in a Sentence

1. Vanessa Aguirre:

   It all happened so fast, we took off fast. My purse is still in there.

2. Tom Reed:

   This is about the power of the purse, and I think there needs to be a recognition that in our Constitution the power of the purse rests in Congress and us being able to influence where that money is spent, i think it is prudent and reasonable and just so long as we don't overreach and don't become extreme, I think there is a path there to come to a conclusion that everyone can agree to.

3. Senate Republican:

   The only method I know to deal with this, outside of legal proceedings, is the power of the purse string.

4. Kate Carr:

   Put something in the back seat where a child seat is always located that you're going to need at your final destination, something you know you're going to look for, like your cell phone, your purse, a briefcase, this, in fact, can happen to anyone, and we've seen it happen to anyone.

5. Proverb:

   Fools and the perverse fill the lawyers' purse.

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