Pocketbook vs Billfold - What's the difference?
pocketbook | billfold | Synonyms |
(US) A woman's purse.
(figuratively) One's personal budget or economic capacity - the amount one can afford.
(rare) A small book, especially one that can fit in a pocket; a paperback; also a pocket book.
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(British) A notebook that is small enough to fit in a pocket.
:* The police officer recorded all the salient information in his pocketbook at the time of the incident .
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A small, folding sleeve or case designed to hold paper currency, as well as credit cards, pictures, etc.
Pocketbook is a synonym of billfold.
As nouns the difference between pocketbook and billfold
is that pocketbook is (us) a woman's purse while billfold is a small, folding sleeve or case designed to hold paper currency, as well as credit cards, pictures, etc.pocketbook
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Noun
(en noun)- ''The publishers brought out small format pocketbook s of the whole of their nature series'.
billfold
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Noun
(en noun)- ''Bill had so many pictures of his family stuffed into his billfold that it barely fit into his pocket.
