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Definition of wallet noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wallet

noun
 
/ˈwɒlɪt/
 
/ˈwɑːlɪt/
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  1. (North American English also billfold)
     a small, flat, folding case made of leather or plastic used for keeping paper money and credit cards in
    • He carried a photo of his children in his wallet.
    • He pulled a €50 note out of his fat wallet.
    see also digital wallet, e-wallet
    Extra Examples
    • a wallet containing more than £100
    • a wallet stuffed with fifty-dollar bills
    • a wallet containing credit cards
    Topics Moneya2, Clothes and Fashiona2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bulging
    • fat
    • empty
    • …
    verb + wallet
    • get out
    • pull out
    • take out
    • …
    wallet + verb
    • be stuffed with something
    • contain
    preposition
    • in a/​the wallet
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  2. (British English) a flat case made of leather, plastic or card for carrying documents in
    • a document wallet
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a bag for provisions): probably via Anglo-Norman French from a Germanic word related to the noun well. The current sense (originally US) dates from the mid 19th cent.
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