pocketbook

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
24
Words With Friends
27
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈpɒ.kɪt.bʊk/
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/ˈpɒ.kɪt.bʊk/ · /ˈpɑ.kɪtˌbʊk/

Definition of pocketbook

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US)A purse or handbag.
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noun

  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.
  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.”
    “The pocket books are in trouble. A creeping extralegal censorship threatens to bowdlerize the product[…]”
    “The kit is produced in three parts including a pocket book designed to fit into a shirt pocket for everyday on-the-job use, a more detailed guide and a training CD. The kit includes a hazard reporting and feedback notebook and hazard management process prompt cards to remind workers of common hazards they may encounter in day-to-day operations.”
    “"I have now lost", he wrote in his pocketbook, "the last barrier between me and death..."”
  5. (Philippines, broadly)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).

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Etymology

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.

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