purse

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

purse UK [pɜːs] US [pɝːs] noun [ purses ]
 
CONTAINER

1. <A > countable UK a small container for money, usually used by a woman
• a leather purse
Compare wallet
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Containers for carrying personal possessions
2. <A > countable US for handbag
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Containers for carrying personal possessions
 
• She tipped the contents of her purse out onto the table.
• She had her purse snatched while she was in town.
 
AMOUNT TO SPEND
3. countable usually singular the total amount of money which an organization or government has available for spending
• Having a lot of people out of work places a large drain on the public purse.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Savings, interest and capital
 
PRIZE
4. countable an amount of money which is offered as a prize in a sports competition
• The players in the golf tournament are competing for a purse of £525 000.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑General words for amounts of money ↑Large amounts of money ↑Small amounts of money
Idiom: purse strings
 
verb transitive
to bring your lips tightly together so that they form a rounded shape, usually as an expression of disapproval
• "I don't approve of that kind of language," she said, pursing her lips.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Grimacing and frowning

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bag, handbag, pocketbook, wrinkle