Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - purse
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Purse
purse
(purses, pursing, pursed) 1. A purse is a very small bag that people, especially women, keep their money in. (BRIT; in AM, use change purse) N-COUNT 2. A purse is a small bag that women carry. (AM; in BRIT, use bag, handbag) She looked at me and then reached in her purse for cigarettes. N-COUNT 3. Purse is used to refer to the total amount of money that a country, family, or group has. The money could simply go into the public purse, helping to lower taxes. N-SING: with supp 4. If you purse your lips, you move them into a small, rounded shape, usually because you disapprove of something or when you are thinking. She pursed her lips in disapproval. VERB: V n
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English purs, from Old English, modification of Medieval Latin bursa, from Late Latin, ox hide, from Greek byrsa Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) a small bag for money (2) a receptacle (as a pocketbook) for carrying money and often other small objects b. a receptacle (as a pouch) shaped like a ~ 2. a. resources, funds b. a sum of money offered as a prize or present; also the total amount of money offered in prizes for a given event • ~like adjective II. transitive verb (~d; pursing) Date: 14th century 1. to put into a ~ 2. pucker, knit ~d his brow ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a small pouch of leather etc. for carrying money on the person. 2 US a handbag. 3 a receptacle resembling a purse in form or purpose. 4 money, funds. 5 a sum collected as a present or given as a prize in a contest. --v. 1 tr. (often foll. by up) pucker or contract (the lips). 2 intr. become contracted and wrinkled. Phrases and idioms hold the purse-strings have control of expenditure. the public purse the national treasury. Etymology: OE purs f. med.L bursa, byrsa purse f. Gk bursa hide, leather ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. кошелек 2. ам. (женская) сумочка, ридикюль 3. деньги, богатство, мошна long (fat, heavy) purse —- богатство slender (lean, light) purse —- тощий кошелек, безденежье, бедность the public purse —- казна to have a common purse —- нести расходы сообща to open one's purse, to dig into one's purse —- тратиться, раскошеливаться to button up one's purse —- скупиться, скаредничать this is beyond my purse —- это мне не по карману 4. денежный фонд; собранные средства to make (up) a purse —- собирать деньги (особ. по подписке); делать складчину 5. денежный приз; премия или подарок на деньги собранные по подписке to give (to put up) a purse —- присуждать денежный приз, особ. в спорте; давать денежную премию to win a purse in the race —- получить приз на скачках 6. что-л. напоминающее мешок, сумку purses under the eyes —- мешки под глазами 7. зоол. сумка 8. анат. мошонка 9. мотня (в неводе) 10. редк. знак, предвестник чего-л. (раскаленный уголек, вылетающий из костра и т. п.) Id: Fortunatus' purse —- неистощимое богатство Id: a light purse makes a heavy heart —- посл. хуже всех бед, когда денег нет Id: you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear —- из свиного уха шелковый кошелек не сошьешь Id: little and often fill the purse —- посл. по капельке - море, по зернышку - ворох 11. морщить, собирать в складку (часто purse up) to purse (up) one's mouth (lips) —- поджать...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) кошелек; to open ones purse - раскошеливаться - public purse - have a common purse 2) деньги, богатство, мошна (тж. fat purse, heavy purse, long purse); - lean purse - light purse - slender purse 3) денежный фонд; собранные средства; приз, премия; to make up a purse - собрать деньги (по подписке); to give (to put up) a purse - присуждать премию, давать деньги 4) мешок, сумка also zool. ; purses under the eyes - мешки под глазами 5) мотня (в неводе) 2. v. морщить; собирать в складку; to purse (up) ones mouth - поджать губы; She pursed up her lips in disapproval. ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n 1 BrE a small container for keeping coins in, made of leather, cloth, plastic etc, used especially by women; change purse AmE (She took a pound coin out of her purse. | Hayley snapped her purse shut.) 2 BrE a small flat leather container divided into parts for keeping paper money, cards, coins etc in, and used especially by women; wallet AmE (Check my purse. I think I've only got a twenty pound note.) 3 AmE a bag, often made of leather, in which a woman carries her money and personal things; handbag BrE (She reached in her purse and took out a mirror.) 4 formal the amount of money that a person, organization, or country has available to spend (It was an expense that my purse could not afford. | the public purse (=money controlled by a government)) (These defence commitments are a continuing drain on the public purse.) 5 the amount of money given to someone who wins a boxing match 6 hold/control the purse strings to control the money in a family, company etc (Maureen definitely holds the purse strings.) ~2 v purse your lips to bring your lips together tightly into a small circle, especially to show disapproval or doubt (Mrs Biddell pursed her lips and stared.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. pursa, from M.L. bursa "purse," from L.L., variant of byrsa "hide," from Gk. byrsa. The verb, "draw together and wrinkle" (as the strings of a money bag) is first recorded 1604. The notion of "drawn together by a thong" is also behind purse-net. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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