pocketbook

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noun

Plural noun:

pocketbookspocket-bookpocket book

1.
(US)A purse or handbag.
2.
(dated)A wallet for paper money.
3.
(figuratively)One's personal budget or financial capacity; the amount one can afford.
Đồng nghĩa: pocket
4.
A small book, particularly (US) a paperback or (UK) notebook able to fit into a pocket (of any genre, from reference work to fine art).
The publishers brought out small format pocketbooks of the whole of their nature series.

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1610s, from pocket + book, popularized in its sense as a paperback by the success of Pocket Books in the United States after its 1939 launch.