wallet

Meaning

1. A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
2. (informal) A person's bank account or assets.
3. An e-wallet or digital wallet.
4. A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.
5. A bag or pouch.
6. (slang) A person's buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one's wallet).

Synonyms

purse

👛

billfold

bag

pocketbook

purse

👛

pouch

👝

notecase

handbag

👜

briefcase

💼

satchel

sack

poke

case

saccule

scrip

sporran

suitcase

till

valise

small purse

patched garment

small scrip

pocket-book

change purse

cod

coin purse

duffle bag

hag

knapsack

moneybag

💰

Perth

pocket

attaché case

portfolio

sac

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɒlɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: walet

In summary

From Middle English walet (“bag, knapsack”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from an assumed Old Northern French *walet (“roll; bag; knapsack”), from Proto-Germanic *wal- (“to roll”). More at walk, well, wallow.