Definition of "pocketbook" []

• A purse; a handbag. (noun)
• A pocket-sized folder or case used to hold money and papers; a billfold. (noun)
• Financial resources; money supply: prices to fit your pocketbook. (noun)
• A pocket-sized, usually paperbound book. Also called pocket edition. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "It's more about protecting the school district's pocketbook from a lawsuit by an angry parent who may claim that the school didn't do enough to protect their little Johnny!"
• "The actual cost to your personal pocketbook is only something like. 000000001% of your total annual income."
• "Maybe it's because we see "ideas" (maybe "ideals") as more important than short term pocketbook issues."