billfold C2+ Topic:Money & Finance US /ˈbɪlˌfoʊld/ UK /ˈbɪlˌfəʊld/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a folding wallet for holding paper money He tucked the receipts into his worn billfold. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a folding wallet for... walletpocketbooknotecase Word family Related forms billfold Etymology AI details A compound of bill ('paper money') + fold ('to bend over'); an American coinage of the late 19th century. bil Old English fealdan Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Money & Finance External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # billfold **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbɪlˌfoʊld/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbɪlˌfəʊld/ ## Meanings 1. a folding wallet for holding paper money ## Examples - He tucked the receipts into his worn billfold. ## Synonyms - wallet - pocketbook - notecase ## Related Forms - bill - fold ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bil - Root: fealdan ## Etymology A compound of bill ('paper money') + fold ('to bend over'); an American coinage of the late 19th century. ## AI Etymology Billfold is a compound of bill ('paper money') + fold ('to bend over'); an American coinage of the late 19th century. Important recorded forms include bil (Middle English) and fealdan (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a folding wallet for holding paper money. The wider family includes related words such as bill and fold. ## Topics - Money & Finance markdown