Purse

A purse is a small bag that may refer to:

• Coin purse, in British English
• Handbag, in American English
• Money bag
• Wallet

Purse may also refer to:

• Purse (horse racing), the total amount of money paid out to the owners of horses racing at a particular track over a given period
• Purse (naval warfare), a monetary reward paid out to the crew of a ship for capturing an enemy vessel
• Prize money, or "purse money", any type of monetary award given as a prize
• Purse bid, in Boxing the aggregate prize money
• Purse (surname), a surname
• Purse State Park, a state park in Charles County, Maryland
• Privy Purse, money in the past British monarchy raised from the income of the Crown Estate lands and holdings
• La Bourse ("purse" in French), a short story by French novelist Honoré de Balzac

See also

• All pages beginning with "Purse"
• All pages with titles containing "Purse"
• Purser (disambiguation)
• Parse, in computing and linguistics
• Peirce (disambiguation)
• Perse (disambiguation)
• Percy (disambiguation)