# wallet

Pronunciation: US say "WAH-lit" /ˈwɑlət/; UK/AUS say "WOL-it" /ˈwɒlɪt/

## Noun

1. A small case, often flat and made of leather, for keeping money, especially paper money, along with credit cards and similar items.
   - Simple: A small flat case, often made of leather, where you keep your money and cards.
   - _She bought her father a slim leather wallet with room for six cards._
   - _Pickpockets on the crowded train lifted three wallets before anyone noticed._
2. Software, such as a phone app or online account, that stores money or payment details for paying electronically.
   - Simple: An app or online account that holds your money or card details for paying online or in stores.
   - _Customers can load money into their wallets in the app and pay at the register with a tap._
   - _Losing the recovery phrase for your wallet can lock you out of your bitcoin for good._
3. The money a person has, whether in a bank account or in other assets. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: How much money someone has, in the bank or in things they own.
   - _Voters tend to judge a president by what has happened to their wallets._
   - _A fine that size will hit the company where it hurts: in the wallet._
4. A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves for storing compact discs.
   - Simple: A thick case with plastic pockets for keeping CDs.
   - _Before the road trip, she filled a padded wallet with the band's entire catalog on CD._
   - _Wallets stuffed with scratched compact discs still turn up at yard sales._
5. A person's buttocks. *(slang)*
   - Simple: The part of your body that you sit on.
   - _After six hours on the bus, my wallet was completely numb._
   - _The coach told the players on the bench to get up off their wallets and cheer._

## Noun

6. A bag or pouch, such as one carried by a traveler. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A bag or small sack for carrying things.
   - _The pilgrim's wallet held little more than a crust of bread and a flask of water._
   - _Peddlers walked from village to village with their goods packed in wallets on their backs._

## Origin

From Middle English walet ("bag, knapsack"), of uncertain origin. It is possibly from an assumed Old Northern French *walet ("roll; bag; knapsack"), from Proto-Germanic *wal- ("to roll"); compare walk, well and wallow.

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