pocketbook

[ pok-it-book ]

/ ˈpɒk ɪtˌbʊk /

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noun

handbag (def. 1).

a person's financial resources or means: The price was out of reach of his pocketbook.

Also pock·et book . a book, usually paperback, that is small enough to carry in one's coat pocket.

British.

a notebook for carrying in one's pocket.
a wallet or billfold.

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Origin of pocketbook

First recorded in 1610–20; pocket + book

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH pocketbook

briefcase, handbag, pocketbook , purse, valise, wallet

Words nearby pocketbook

pocket, pocketable, pocket battleship, pocketbike, pocket billiards, pocketbook, pocket borough, pocket calculator, pocket chisel, pocket door, pocket drive

How to use pocketbook in a sentence

Finding a single cleaner that does it all reduces waste and is healthier for your pocketbook.
How to find ‘green’ cleaning products that get the job done|Laura Daily|August 24, 2021|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.
Furor rages over FDA approval of controversial Alzheimer’s drug|Laurie McGinley|June 17, 2021|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.
What America's Plutocrats Today Should Learn From Past Generations|Zachary Karabell|June 9, 2021|Time
It might hurt my pocketbook and our company’s ledger, but it’s only a bit of wounded pride.
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Ultimately I think one of the things it behooves advertisers to remember is they’re the ones that vote with their pocketbook.
GroupM’s Kieley Taylor and Amanda Grant are on the lookout for the future of identity in advertising|Tim Peterson|March 9, 2021|Digiday
Seemingly possessed by demons, she would slip objects from the homes of rich people they visited into her pocketbook.
Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else|Allen Barra|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Not many doctors are likely to reach for the pocketbook on that scale without quite a bit of deliberation.
The New Face of American Medicine: Liberal Women|Dale Eisinger|June 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Because they're not limited by their checkbook or pocketbook, they can buy a whole swath of products.
Lingerie for the 1 Percent|CNBC|August 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Republicans face increasing difficulty with the Hispanic vote for pocketbook reasons.
Who Wins from Immigration Deal? Not Republicans|David Frum|January 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Pocketbook issues make Hispanics natural Democrats, not natural Republicans.
Social Conservatives 'No Mas'|David Frum|January 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He tore out the editorial and put it away carefully in his pocketbook as Montgomery was called.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
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."
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4)|Various
"Well, I declare," muttered the Deacon, as he fished a greenback out of a leather pocketbook fastened with a long strap.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6)|John McElroy
"I can," put in Frank, immediately producing his pocketbook.
Frank Merriwell's Bravery|Burt L. Standish
"Pretty well filled, too," he added, opening the pocketbook and looking into it.
From Farm to Fortune|Horatio Alger Jr.

British Dictionary definitions for pocketbook

pocketbook

/ (ˈpɒkɪtˌbʊk) /

noun US and Canadian

a small bag or case for money, papers, etc, carried by a handle or in the pocket

(modifier) concerned with personal financepocketbook issues

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