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1. A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
   "she reached into her purse and found a comb";
   - bag, handbag, pocketbook
    
2. A sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse
   "he made the contribution out of his own purse"; "he and his wife shared a common purse"
    
3. A small bag for carrying money
    
4. A sum of money offered as a prize
   "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"

1. Contract one's lips into a rounded shape
    
2. Gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
   "purse ones's lips";
   - wrinkle

Derived forms: purses, pursing, pursed

Type of: amount, amount of money, bag, container, contract, round, round off, round out, sum, sum of money

Encyclopedia: Purse