Wallet Definition
wŏlĭt
wallets
noun
wallets
A knapsack.
Webster's New World
A flat pocketbook, as of leather, with compartments for paper money, cards, etc.; billfold.
Webster's New World
(by extension, slang) A person's bank account or assets.
It's unknown if the pro running back's recent sex scandal will hit him in the wallet or not.
Wiktionary
(archaic) A bag or pouch.
He brought with him a large wallet with some provisions for the road.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- notecase
- pocketbook
- billfold
- purse
- pocket book
- portemonnaie (French)
- French purse
- moneybag
- container
- card case
- change purse
Other Word Forms of Wallet
Noun
Singular:
wallet
Plural:
walletsOrigin of Wallet
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Middle English walet (“wallet, bag, knapsack"). Of uncertain origin. Possibly from an assumed Old Northern French *walet "bag, knapsack", from Proto-Germanic *wal- (“to roll"). More at walk, well, wallow.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English walet knapsack possibly from Old North French walet roll, knapsack wel-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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