Definitions for Pocketbook
ˈpɒk ɪtˌbʊkpock·et·book

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pocketbooknoun

   your personal financial means

   "that car is too expensive for my pocketbook"

2. wallet, billfold, notecase, pocketbooknoun

   a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money

3. pocketbook, pocket book, pocket editionnoun

   pocket-sized paperback book

4. 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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pocketbooknoun

   A woman's purse.

2. pocketbooknoun

   One's personal budget or economic capacity - the amount one can afford.

3. pocketbooknoun

   A small book, especially one that can fit in a pocket; a paperback; also a pocket book.

   The publishers brought out small format pocketbooks of the whole of their nature series'.

4. pocketbooknoun

   A notebook that is small enough to fit in a pocket.

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

1. Pocketbooknoun

   A paper book carried in the pocket for hasty notes.

   Etymology: pocket and book.

   Licinius let out the offals of his meat to interest, and kept a register of such debtors in his pocketbook. Arbuthnot.

   Note down the matters of doubt in some pocketbook, and take the first opportunity to get them resolved. Isaac Watts.

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1. pocketbook

   A pocketbook generally refers to a small bag or pouch, often with a strap, that is used primarily by women to carry personal items such as money, keys, and other essentials. Sometimes it is also used to refer to a person's financial resources or budget. In the past, pocketbooks were also small books meant to be carried in one’s pocket, which could be used for notes or valuable information.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pocketbooknoun

   a small book or case for carrying papers, money, etc., in the pocket; also, a notebook for the pocket

Matched Categories

1. • Case
   • Container
   • Means
   • Paperback Book

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How to pronounce Pocketbook?

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How to say Pocketbook in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pocketbook in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pocketbook in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Pocketbook in a Sentence

1. Steve Warren:

   In addition to chipping away at their so-called caliphate, killing their leaders, we're also hitting them in the pocketbook.

2. Dana Kaldor:

   It's when it starts hitting your pocketbook that it come become a problem.

3. Carol Lachnit:

   Jonathan Stein have to look at Jonathan Stein own pocketbook and Jonathan Stein own budget and decide.

4. Robert Blendon:

   Whoever gains anything politically out of this is going to have to talk about this (so that) it sounds like you understand, it really is a pocketbook issue.

5. Marsha Blackburn:

   Nearly every family sitting around the Thanksgiving table can agree: prices, from the gas pump to the grocery store, are out of control and hurting the pocketbook, while President Biden takes another victory lap, inflation remains at a 40-year-high, more than half of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, and Thanksgiving dinner is expected to cost 20% more than last year.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Pocketbook
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pocketbook
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Pocketbook
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pocketbook
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Pocketbook