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Definition of wallet
1 : a bag for carrying miscellaneous articles while traveling
2a : a folding pocketbook with compartments for personal papers and usually unfolded paper money; also : billfoldb : a container that resembles a money wallet: such as (1) : a usually flexible folding case fitted for carrying specific items (such as tools or fishing flies) (2) : folder 3a
3 : resources, funds a shopping mall that seems to swallow your wallet — Karen Wright
From the M-W Editors
Examples of wallet in a Sentence
She paid the bill and tucked her wallet back into her pocket.
He pulled a few bills out of his wallet.
Recent Examples of wallet from the Web
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Miami’s Design District has a plan to convince shoppers of Rolexes and Prada purses to linger a little longer: The way to their wallets is through their stomach.
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Now the party elite will literally be suborned at an event conjoining his public duties and the fattening of his own wallet.
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Undertaken in London, Tokyo and Los Angeles, the study aimed to identify broad patterns in the things people carried in their wallets, pockets and purses on a daily basis.
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Sometime between 9 p.m. on May 24 and 7 a.m. on May 25 an unknown individual stole a wallet with $40 and various credit cards from an unlocked automobile parked in the 500 block of Dorset Place.
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Rave to him for leaving it next to my car sans phone, a bit of cash and my street clothes, but leaving my car keys in the bag and purse, wallet and case of wine in my car untouched.
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The cop Imposing in size, but naturally affable, Driver carries in his wallet a folded sheet of paper.
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Best's wallet and several personal items remain missing.
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A black Coach wallet, valued at $100, containing cash, a driver's license, various credit cards and other miscellaneous cards, was reported stolen from an unattended purse at Cooper's Hawk, 798 W. Algonquin Road, on March 31.
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Origin and Etymology of wallet
Middle English walet
WALLET Defined for English Language Learners
wallet
playDefinition of wallet for English Language Learners
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: a small folding case that holds paper money, credit cards, etc.
WALLET Defined for Kids
wallet
playDefinition of wallet for Students
: a small flat case for carrying paper money and personal papers
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