Purse
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A purse is a small bag that may refer to:
  • Coin purse
    Coin purse
    A coin purse is a small money bag or pouch, similar to a wallet, but typically used by women and include a compartment for coins. In some countries, it is known simply as a purse...

    , in British English
  • Handbag
    Handbag
    A handbag, or purse in American English, is a handled medium-to-large bag that is often fashionably designed, typically used by women, to hold personal items such as wallet/coins, keys, cosmetics, a hairbrush, pepper spray, cigarettes, mobile phone etc....

    , in American English
  • Money bag
    Money bag
    A money bag is a bag of money used to hold and transport coins and banknotes from/to a mint, bank, ATM, milled, business, or other institution...

  • Wallet
    Wallet
    A wallet, or billfold, is a small, flat case that is used to carry personal items such as cash, credit cards, identification documents , photographs, business cards and other paper or laminated cards...



Purse may also refer to:
  • Purse (horse racing), the total amount of money paid out to the owners of horses racing at a particular track over a given period of time
  • Purse (naval warfare), a monetary reward paid out to the crew of a ship for capturing an enemy vessel
  • Prize money
    Prize money
    Prize money has a distinct meaning in warfare, especially naval warfare, where it was a monetary reward paid out to the crew of a ship for capturing an enemy vessel...

    , or "purse money", any type of monetary award given as a prize
  • Purse bid
    Purse bid
    A purse bid is an initial step in arranging a professional boxing match, involving the fight's/card's promoter. All interested registered promoters may bid on the amount of the purse , if the sides representing each fighter fail to agree on it before the deadline...

    , in Boxing
    Boxing
    Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

     the aggregate prize money
  • Purse (surname), a surname
  • Purse State Park
    Purse State Park
    Purse State Park is a state park in Charles County, Maryland, United States. It is located on the freshwater-tidal Potomac River along Wades Bay. The undeveloped park features hunting, fishing, hiking, bird watching, and fossil hunting....

    , a state park in Charles County, Maryland
  • Privy Purse
    Privy Purse
    The Privy Purse is the British Sovereign's remaining private income, mostly from the Duchy of Lancaster. This amounted to £13.3 million in net income for the year to 31 March 2009. The Duchy is a landed estate of approximately 46,000 acres held in trust for the Sovereign since 1399. It also has...

    , money in the past British monarchy raised from the income of the Crown Estate lands and holdings
  • La Bourse
    La Bourse
    La Bourse is a short story by the French novelist Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1832 by Mame-Delaunay as one of the Scènes de la vie privée in La Comédie humaine...

    ("purse" in French), a short story by French novelist Honoré de Balzac

See also

  • Purser (disambiguation)
    Purser (disambiguation)
    A purser is the person on a ship responsible for the handling of money on board.Purser may also refer to:* Purser, California, United States* Purser , a surname...

  • Parse, in computing and linguistics
  • Peirce (disambiguation)
  • Perse (disambiguation)
  • Percy (disambiguation)
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