purse
I.purse1 S3 /pɜːs $ pɜːrs/ BrE AmE noun [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Late Latin; Origin: bursa; ⇨ ↑bursar] 1. [countable] a) especially British English a small bag in which women keep paper money, coins, cards etc SYN wallet American English: Julie opened her handbag and took out her purse. b) (also change purse, coin purse American English) a small bag used to hold coins, used especially by women 2. [countable] American English a bag in which a woman carries her money and personal things SYN handbag British English: I locked the door and dropped the keys in my purse. 3. [singular] formal the amount of money that a person, organization, or country has available to spend: Election expenses are met from the public purse (=money controlled by the government). A visit to the new county museum will set the family purse back by around £12. 4. [countable] the amount of money given to someone who wins a sports event, such as a ↑boxing match or a car race: They will compete for a $100,000 purse. 5. the purse strings used to refer to the control of spending in a family, company, country etc hold/control the purse strings It all comes down to who holds the purse strings. She keeps tight control over the purse strings. II.purse2 BrE AmE verb [transitive] if you purse your lips, you bring them together tightly into a small circle, especially to show disapproval or doubt: Mrs Biddell pursed her lips and shook her head.
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purse A purse is a small bag in which some girls and women carry their money and other things.◎ | [pə:s] | ※ | danh từ | | ■ | ví tiền, hầu bao | | ■ | ngân quỹ, tiền của (có thể dùng để chi tiêu) | | ☆ | the public purse | | ngân quỹ nhà nước, quỹ công | | ☆ | the privy Purse | | quỹ riêng, quỹ tư | | ■ | (nghĩa bóng) tiền, vốn | | ☆ | to have a common purse | | có vốn chung | | ☆ | to have a long (heavy) purse | | giàu có, lắm tiền | | ☆ | to have a light purse | | nghèo, ít tiền | | ■ | tiền quyên góp làm giải thưởng, tiền đóng góp làm giải thưởng | | ☆ | to make up a purse | | quyên tiền làm giải thưởng | | ☆ | to give (put up) a purse | | cho tiền làm giải thưởng | | ■ | (sinh vật học) túi, bìu, bọng | | ■ | (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) túi xách tay (của phụ nữ) | | 〆 | hold the purse-strings | | ✓ | nắm giữ hầu bao (nắm quyền kiểm soát việc chi tiêu) | | 〆 | loosen/tighten the purse-strings | | ✓ | mở rộng/thắt chặt hầu bao | ※ | ngoại động từ | | ■ | mắm, mím, bĩu (môi), nhíu, cau (mày) | | ■ | (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) bỏ vào túi, bỏ vào hầu bao |
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