pocketbook
noun/ˈpɒkɪtbʊk/
/ˈpɑːkɪtbʊk/
- (North American English) used to refer to the financial situation of a person or country. (In the past it was a small flat case for carrying papers or money.)
- Many foreign goods are too expensive for American pocketbooks.
- The increase is likely to hit the pocketbooks of consumers.
- The government opened its pocketbook to the US military.
- Voters care about pocketbook issues such as jobs and inflation.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + pocketbook- open
- hit somebody in
- issue
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- (especially British English) a small book for writing in synonym notebook
- (North American English, old-fashioned) a handbag (= a small bag for money, keys, etc., carried especially by women)
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