A purse is a small bag that may refer to: *

Coin purse A purse or pouch (from the Latin , which in turn, is from the Greek , ''býrsa'', oxhide), sometimes called coin purse for clarity, is a small money bag or pouch, made for carrying coins. In most Commonwealth countries it is known simply as a pur ...

, small pouch made for carrying coins *

Handbag A handbag, commonly known as a purse in North American English, is a handled medium-to-large bag used to carry personal items. It has also been called a pocketbook in parts of the U.S. Terminology The term "purse" originally referred to a smal ...

, in American English *

Money bag A money bag (or money sack) is a bag normally used to hold and transport coins and banknotes, often closed with a drawstring.

Wallet A wallet is a flat case or pouch, often used to carry small personal items such as physical currency, debit cards, and credit cards; identification documents such as driving licence, identification card, club card; photographs, transit pass, b ...

Purse may also refer to: *

Purse (horse racing) In horse racing, the term purse distribution may refer to the total amount of money paid out to the owners of horses racing at a particular track over a given period of time, or to the percentages of a race's total purse that are awarded to each ...

, the total amount of money paid out to the owners of horses racing at a particular track over a given period *

Prize money Prize money refers in particular to naval prize money, usually arising in naval warfare, but also in other circumstances. It was a monetary reward paid in accordance with the prize law of a belligerent state to the crew of a ship belonging to ...

, "purse", or "purse money", a monetary reward paid out to the crew of a ship for capturing an enemy vessel *

Purse bid A purse bid is an initial step in arranging a professional boxing match, involving the fight's/card's promoter(s). All interested registered promoters may bid on the amount of the purse (the total money that the fighters will be paid for the ma ...

, in boxing the aggregate prize money *

Purse (surname) Purse is an English and Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Daniel Gugel Purse Sr. (1839–1908), American businessman *Darren Purse (born 1977), English footballer *John Purse (born 1972), American cyclist *Charles Sander ...

, a surname *

Purse State Park Purse State Park is a former Maryland state park located on the Potomac River in Charles County that has been subsumed into the Nanjemoy Wildlife Management Area. As the Purse Area, the former park is known for fossil hunting on the beaches of ...

, a state park in Charles County, Maryland *

Privy Purse The Privy Purse is the British sovereign's private income, mostly from the Duchy of Lancaster. This amounted to £20.1 million in net income for the year to 31 March 2018. Overview The Duchy is a landed estate of approximately 46,000 acres (20 ...

, money in the past British monarchy raised from the income of the Crown Estate lands and holdings * ''

La Bourse ''La Bourse'' (''The Purse'') is a short story by the French novelist Honoré de Balzac. It was published in 1832 by Mame-Delaunay as one of the ''Scènes de la vie privée'' (''Scenes of Private Life'') in '' La Comédie humaine''. Later edit ...

'' ("purse" in French), a short story by French novelist Honoré de Balzac

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