wallet

noun

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wal·let | \ ˈwä-lət

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 : billfold

b : 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 sense 3a

3 : resources, funds a shopping mall that seems to swallow your wallet— Karen Wright

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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 on the Web Cash, cellphone and wallet stolen by three unknown suspects. Kessler Road, 3200 block, 21227. — Allana Haynes, baltimoresun.com, "Crime log for April 17-21 for Baltimore County’s Wilkens precinct," 26 Apr. 2021 This number is far from the wallet-blistering Apple-tax that upgraders used to pay for factory RAM. — Anthony Karcz, Forbes, "Don’t Upgrade The RAM In Your New Apple iMac, Do This Instead," 21 Apr. 2021 Another wallet featuring a nifty feature is Wirex, which comes with a payment card that converts your bitcoin into the local currency when making a purchase. — USA TODAY, "Is Dogecoin going up on 4/20? How do you buy bitcoin? Your cryptocurrency questions answered.," 20 Apr. 2021 Within a few weeks of the malware’s installation, the hackers had stolen about ten thousand eight hundred bitcoins from the exchange’s hot wallet. — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, "The Incredible Rise of North Korea’s Hacking Army," 19 Apr. 2021 Cox found the man's wallet and was able to identify him as Roger Harrington. — ABC News, "Families torn apart by killer dad reflect on the years they believed he was a hero," 16 Apr. 2021 Your Ledger hardware wallet can easily be connected to a computer and managed through the Ledger Live companion app. — Maren Estrada, BGR, "Save 15% on a Ledger Nano S so you have more to spend on bitcoin," 8 Apr. 2021 Steps may be visiting a community health center, a virtual therapist, a job fair or even something as simple as carrying a printable wallet card with stress reduction tips. — Claudia Finkelstein, The Conversation, "Anxious about going out into the world? You’re not alone, but there’s help," 8 Apr. 2021 This previously meant that the wallet provider has to swap cryptocurrency for fiat to settle up with the card network. — Telis Demos, WSJ, "Payments Companies Are Playing Hide-the-Crypto," 31 Mar. 2021

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