wallet
Americannoun
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a flat, folding pocketbook, especially one large enough to hold paper money, credit cards, driver's license, etc., and sometimes having a compartment for coins.
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Chiefly British. a bag for carrying food, clothing, toilet articles, etc., during a journey; knapsack or rucksack.
noun
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a small folding case, usually of leather, for holding paper money, documents, etc
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a bag used to carry tools
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archaic a rucksack or knapsack
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Etymology
Origin of wallet
1350–1400; Middle English walet < ?
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What does that have to do with my wallet?
From Slate • Jun. 17, 2026
“If you’ve got three, four, five cards in your wallet, the one with the highest limit is the one you’re more likely to spend on,” Wise said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026
Once I grew up just enough to start grocery shopping according to a budget — not merely the amount of cash rattling around in my wallet that week — I realized something peculiar.
From Salon • Jun. 16, 2026
Founded in 2004, GCash is one of the Philippines’ largest digital cashless ecosystems, drawing 94 million users to its mobile wallet and finance super app.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
It all seemed too easy, Benji’s mom just pulling money from her wallet without a second thought.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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