WALLET

wallet, billfold, notecase, pocketbook

(noun) a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

wallet (plural wallets)

A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.

(by extension, informal) A person's bank account or assets.

A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.

(archaic) A bag or pouch.

(slang) A person's buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one's wallet).

Synonyms

• billfold

• pocketbook

Anagrams

• Atwell, Etwall, all wet

Source: Wiktionary

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Wal"let, n. Etym: [OE. walet, probably the same word as OE. watel a bag. See Wattle.]

1. A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack. [His hood] was trussed up in his walet. Chaucer.

2. A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.

3. Anything protuberant and swagging. "Wallets of flesh." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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