as in purse
a container for carrying money and small personal items
she pulled some lip balm out of her pocketbook
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Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Seizing on the pocketbook power in Miami this first week of December, Fredrik Eklund, celebrity broker and co-founder of EKLUND | GOMES, unveiled the vision for 30 ultra-luxe oceanfront beach houses set to rise on Miami’s exclusive Billionaire’s Beach.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Gasoline One place Americans have seen a bit of relief on their pocketbooks?
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
Where reciprocal tariffs could hit Americans’ pocketbooks hardest Unsurprisingly, the tighter the profit margin, the likelier a company is to pass on extra costs to consumers.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
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Either path will hit the pocketbooks of millions of Californians one way or the other.
—Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Seizing on the pocketbook power in Miami this first week of December, Fredrik Eklund, celebrity broker and co-founder of EKLUND | GOMES, unveiled the vision for 30 ultra-luxe oceanfront beach houses set to rise on Miami’s exclusive Billionaire’s Beach.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Gasoline One place Americans have seen a bit of relief on their pocketbooks?
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
Where reciprocal tariffs could hit Americans’ pocketbooks hardest Unsurprisingly, the tighter the profit margin, the likelier a company is to pass on extra costs to consumers.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Pocketbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocketbook. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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