pocketbook

[ pok-it-book ]

noun

1. handbag ( def 1 ).
2. a person's financial resources or means:

   The price was out of reach of his pocketbook.

3. Also pock·et book. a book, usually paperback, that is small enough to carry in one's coat pocket.
4. British.
   1. a notebook for carrying in one's pocket.
   2. a wallet or billfold.

pocketbook

/ ˈpɒkɪtˌbʊk /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pocketbook¹

First recorded in 1610–20; pocket + book

Example Sentences

Finding a single cleaner that does it all reduces waste and is healthier for your pocketbook.

From Washington Post

They argue the drug — with a list price of $56,000 a year per patient — offers false hope while threatening Medicare’s financial health and patients’ pocketbooks.

From Washington Post

Many of those critiques hold water, but it remains true that these men, and a firm such as Brown Brothers, saw a responsibility to address the common good and not just their own pocketbooks.

From Time

It might hurt my pocketbook and our company’s ledger, but it’s only a bit of wounded pride.

From Search Engine Land

Ultimately I think one of the things it behooves advertisers to remember is they’re the ones that vote with their pocketbook.

From Digiday

Seemingly possessed by demons, she would slip objects from the homes of rich people they visited into her pocketbook.

From The Daily Beast

Not many doctors are likely to reach for the pocketbook on that scale without quite a bit of deliberation.

From The Daily Beast

Because they're not limited by their checkbook or pocketbook, they can buy a whole swath of products.

From The Daily Beast

Republicans face increasing difficulty with the Hispanic vote for pocketbook reasons.

From The Daily Beast

Pocketbook issues make Hispanics natural Democrats, not natural Republicans.

From The Daily Beast

He tore out the editorial and put it away carefully in his pocketbook as Montgomery was called.

From Project Gutenberg

Then he woke her up, and I took out a pocketbook and said: "Here is what you asked me for this morning, my dear cousin."

From Project Gutenberg

"Well, I declare," muttered the Deacon, as he fished a greenback out of a leather pocketbook fastened with a long strap.

From Project Gutenberg

"I can," put in Frank, immediately producing his pocketbook.

From Project Gutenberg

"Pretty well filled, too," he added, opening the pocketbook and looking into it.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• handbag
• pouch
• purse
• suitcase
• wallet