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Noun [English]

Forms: pocketbooks [plural]
Etymology: 1610s, from pocket + book, popularized in its sense as a paperback by the success of Pocket Books in the United States after its 1939 launch. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pocket|book}} pocket + book Head templates: {{en-noun}} pocketbook (plural pocketbooks)
  1. (US) A purse or handbag. Tags: US Translations (woman's purse): käsilaukku (Finnish), Handtasche [feminine] (German), kistáska (Hungarian), сумо́чка (sumóčka) [feminine] (Russian), да́мская сумо́чка (dámskaja sumóčka) [feminine] (Russian), да́мская су́мка (dámskaja súmka) [feminine] (Russian), су́мка (súmka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pocketbook-en-noun-en:purse_or_handbag Categories (other): American English, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 15 32 36 Disambiguation of "woman's purse": 54 29 8 10
  2. (dated) A wallet for paper money. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Money
    Sense id: en-pocketbook-en-noun-en:wallet Disambiguation of Money: 20 55 8 17 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 15 32 36
  3. (figuratively) One's personal budget or financial capacity; the amount one can afford. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: pocket Translations (one's personal budget): 袖珍本 (xiùzhēnběn) (Chinese Mandarin), pocketboek [neuter] (Dutch), poŝlibro (Esperanto), lompakko (Finnish), taskukirja (Finnish), pokkari (Finnish), livre de poche [masculine] (French), pocket [colloquial, masculine] (French), persönliche Brieftasche [feminine, figuratively] (German), persönlicher Geldbeutel [figuratively, masculine] (German), Taschenbuch [neuter] (German), βιβλίο τσέπης (vivlío tsépis) [neuter] (Greek), keret (Hungarian), zsebkönyv (Hungarian), kiskönyv (Hungarian), portafoglio [masculine] (Italian), tascabile [masculine] (Italian), libro tascabile [masculine] (Italian), pocket-book [masculine] (Italian), 袖珍本 (shūchinbon) (alt: しゅうちんぼん) (Japanese), 小型版 (kogataban) (alt: こがたばん) (Japanese), 수진본 (sujinbon) (alt: 袖珍本) (Korean), 소형판 (sohyeongpan) (alt: 小型版) (Korean), pocketbok [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), wydanie kieszonkowe [neuter] (Polish), кни́га небольшо́го форма́та (kníga nebolʹšóvo formáta) [feminine] (Russian), карма́нная кни́га (karmánnaja kníga) [feminine] (Russian), по́кет (póket) [colloquial, masculine] (Russian), leabhar-pòcaid [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), pocketbok [common-gender] (Swedish), pocket [common-gender] (Swedish), cep kitabı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pocketbook-en-noun-en:budget_or_financial_capacity Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 15 32 36 Disambiguation of "one's personal budget": 11 6 77 6
  4. (uncommon) A small book, particularly (US) a paperback or (UK) notebook able to fit into a pocket (of any genre, from reference work to fine art). Tags: uncommon Categories (topical): Books, Containers
    Sense id: en-pocketbook-en-noun-en:pocket_sized_book_or_booklet Disambiguation of Books: 16 14 12 58 Disambiguation of Containers: 25 16 26 34 Categories (other): American English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 15 27 35 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 22 10 21 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 9 29 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 15 32 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 11 32 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 8 23 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 25 5 16 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 6 21 51 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 6 22 54 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 9 24 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 23 18 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 19 15 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 7 23 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 13 7 23 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 25 6 16 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 13 14 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 25 7 17 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 6 17 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 7 23 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 26 6 16 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 25 4 16 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 25 4 16 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pocket-book, pocket book Derived forms: champagne taste on a beer pocketbook, pocketbook issue Related terms: pocketable, pocket-sized, vade mecum

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Alternative forms

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          "roman": "karmánnaja kníga",
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      "word": "pocket book"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "woman's purse",
      "word": "käsilaukku"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman's purse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Handtasche"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "woman's purse",
      "word": "kistáska"
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      "sense": "woman's purse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сумо́чка"
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      "roman": "dámskaja sumóčka",
      "sense": "woman's purse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "да́мская сумо́чка"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "word": "lompakko"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
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      "word": "persönliche Brieftasche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "persönlicher Geldbeutel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "word": "keret"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "portafoglio"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiùzhēnběn",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "word": "袖珍本"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pocketboek"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "word": "poŝlibro"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "word": "taskukirja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "word": "pokkari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "livre de poche"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "pocket"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Taschenbuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vivlío tsépis",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "βιβλίο τσέπης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "word": "kiskönyv"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "tascabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libro tascabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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        "masculine"
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    },
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      "alt": "しゅうちんぼん",
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "word": "袖珍本"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こがたばん",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "kogataban",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "word": "小型版"
    },
    {
      "alt": "袖珍本",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sujinbon",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "word": "수진본"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "sohyeongpan",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "word": "소형판"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "pocketbok"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wydanie kieszonkowe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "kníga nebolʹšóvo formáta",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кни́га небольшо́го форма́та"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "karmánnaja kníga",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "карма́нная кни́га"
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      "word": "leabhar-pòcaid"
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      "sense": "one's personal budget",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one's personal budget",
      "word": "cep kitabı"
    }
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}

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