as in purse
a container for carrying money and small personal items
she pulled some lip balm out of her pocketbook
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Recent Examples of pocketbook
Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2025
Musk’s electric vehicle company has become a cultural flashpoint and a target for his political enemies, who hope to hit him in his pocketbook and drive down the price of Tesla’s stock.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
Economists fear gloomy and fearful consumers will shut their pocketbooks and slow the economy.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
CEOs of public companies often see the bulk of their compensation coming from stock awards, which link the executive’s own pocketbook with the fortunes of investors.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 29 Apr. 2025
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Those who are younger, who don’t own a home, or who don’t have job that pays enough to get into the market or start a family, see it as secondary to pocketbook issues.
—Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2025
Musk’s electric vehicle company has become a cultural flashpoint and a target for his political enemies, who hope to hit him in his pocketbook and drive down the price of Tesla’s stock.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
Economists fear gloomy and fearful consumers will shut their pocketbooks and slow the economy.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
CEOs of public companies often see the bulk of their compensation coming from stock awards, which link the executive’s own pocketbook with the fortunes of investors.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pocketbook
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“Pocketbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocketbook. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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