pock·et·book
ˈpä-kət-ˌbu̇k 
: relating to or involving economic interests
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Noun
she pulled some lip balm out of her pocketbook
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Out-of-pocket Health Care Costs Are Expected To Rise Medicaid enrollees who maintain coverage given the new changes can expect to feel it in their pocketbooks.
—Jamila Taylor, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
But that doesn’t mean consumers won’t feel it in their pocketbooks.
—Chicago Tribune, Boston Herald, 19 July 2025
The poll doesn’t suggest that people felt better about pocketbook issues, however.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 15 July 2025
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Noun
Mamdani's stance on Israel is in fact abominable, but Cuomo missed how much more important to the broader primary electorate pocketbook issues were.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Out-of-pocket Health Care Costs Are Expected To Rise Medicaid enrollees who maintain coverage given the new changes can expect to feel it in their pocketbooks.
—Jamila Taylor, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
But that doesn’t mean consumers won’t feel it in their pocketbooks.
—Chicago Tribune, Boston Herald, 19 July 2025
The poll doesn’t suggest that people felt better about pocketbook issues, however.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 15 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for pocketbook
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“Pocketbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pocketbook. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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