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| 1 | C BRITISH a small case in which women carry coins, paper money , credit cards etc （女式）钱夹，钱包 |
| | 1a | a small bag for carrying money 小钱包；小钱袋 | |
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| 2 | singular money that is available to buy or pay for something 财力；资金 |
| It was too expensive for my purse. 对我来说它太昂贵了。 |
| the public purse (=money that the government has) health costs funded by the public purse 政府资金 |
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| 3 | C an amount of money that is offered as a prize in a sports competition , especially a boxing match or a horse race （体育比赛，尤指拳击或赛马比赛的）奖金 |
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| 4 | C AMERICAN a woman’ s handbag （女式）手提包 |
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