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pocketbook
[ pok-it-book ]
noun
- a person's financial resources or means:
The price was out of reach of his pocketbook.
- Also pock·et book. a book, usually paperback, that is small enough to carry in one's coat pocket.
- British.
- a notebook for carrying in one's pocket.
- a wallet or billfold.
pocketbook
/ ˈɒɪˌʊ /
noun
- a small bag or case for money, papers, etc, carried by a handle or in the pocket
- modifier concerned with personal finance
pocketbook issues
Word History and Origins
Origin of pocketbook1
Example Sentences
It’s a party in disarray that can’t decide whether to go all out against the attacks on democracy, or keep laser-focused on the pocketbook issues that seem to have ultimately handed Trump his second term.
“It’s tough on the pocketbook, and I don’t see any relief coming,” he said as he unloaded a cart filled with groceries into his trunk outside Costco on Monday.
But his fans cannot admit their hero-god is wreaking havoc on their pocketbooks for no good reason.
There were growing concerns over sharply rising prices that will hit consumer pocketbooks.
“My hope is,” he said, “that it will hurt bad enough in the pocketbook and will force change.”
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