pocketbook

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

Also spelled pocket-book

US /ˈpɑkətˌbʊk/ UK /ˈpɒkɪtbʊk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a wallet or purse, or one's financial resources

The price hike hit every shopper's pocketbook.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a wallet or purse, or one's... wallet purse billfold handbag finances funds means

Word family

Related forms pocket book

Etymology

Compound of pocket (from Anglo-Norman pokete, diminutive of poke 'bag') + book; originally a small book or wallet carried in the pocket.

pokete Old French boc Old English

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Topics

General Vocabulary

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# pocketbook

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɑkətˌbʊk/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɒkɪtbʊk/

## Meanings
1. a wallet or purse, or one's financial resources

## Examples
- The price hike hit every shopper's pocketbook.

## Synonyms
- wallet
- purse
- billfold
- handbag
- finances
- funds
- means

## Related Forms
- pocket
- book

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: pokete
- Root: boc

## Etymology
Compound of pocket (from Anglo-Norman pokete, diminutive of poke 'bag') + book; originally a small book or wallet carried in the pocket.

## AI Etymology
Pocketbook is compound of pocket (from Anglo-Norman pokete, diminutive of poke 'bag') + book; originally a small book or wallet carried in the pocket. Important recorded forms include pokete (Old French) and boc (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a wallet or purse, or one's financial resources. The wider family includes related words such as pocket and book.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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