pocketbook
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pock·et·book
(pŏk′ĭt-bo͝ok′)n.
1. A purse; a handbag.
2. A pocket-sized folder or case used to hold money and papers; a billfold.
3. Financial resources; money supply: prices to fit your pocketbook.
4. often pocket book A pocket-sized, usually paperbound book. Also called pocket edition.
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pocketbook
(ˈpɒkɪtˌbʊk)n
1. a small bag or case for money, papers, etc, carried by a handle or in the pocket
2. (modifier) concerned with personal finance: pocketbook issues.
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poc•ket•book
(ˈpɒk ɪtˌbʊk)n.
1. a woman's purse or handbag.
2. a person's financial resources or means: out of reach of my pocketbook.
3. Also, pock′et book`. a book, usu. paperback, that is small enough to carry in a coat pocket.
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Noun | 1. | pocketbook - your personal financial means; "that car is too expensive for my pocketbook" |
2. | pocketbook - a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money case - a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage" | |
3. | pocketbook - pocket-sized paperback book paperback, paperback book, paper-back book, softback, softback book, soft-cover, soft-cover book - a book with paper covers | |
4. | pocketbook - a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her bag and found a comb" clasp - a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together clutch bag, clutch - a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) etui - small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles evening bag - a handbag used with evening wear reticule - a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries shoulder bag - a large handbag that can be carried by a strap looped over the shoulder |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
pocketbook
[ˈpɒkɪtbʊk] n (= wallet) → portefeuille m
(= notebook) → carnet m
(US) (= handbag) → sac m à mainpocket calculator n → calculatrice f de poche, calculette fpocket dictionary n → dictionnaire m de pochepocket knife n → canif mpocket money n → argent m de poche
£8 a week pocket money → huit livres d'argent de poche par semainepocket-sized [ˈpɒkɪtsaɪzd] pocket-size [ˈpɒkɪtsaɪz] adj [book, computer] → au format de poche
£8 a week pocket money → huit livres d'argent de poche par semainepocket-sized [ˈpɒkɪtsaɪzd] pocket-size [ˈpɒkɪtsaɪz] adj [book, computer] → au format de poche
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
pocketbook
[ˈpɒkɪtˌbuk] n (wallet) → portafoglio; (notebook) → taccuino (Am) (handbag) → borsetta; (paperback) → tascabile mCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995