purse
81Purse bid — A purse bid is an initial step in arranging a professional boxing match, involving the fight s / card s promoter(s). All interested registered promoters may bid on the amount of the purse (the total money that the fighters will be paid for the… …
82purse strings — 1. the right or power to manage the disposition of money: in control of the family purse strings. 2. hold the purse strings, to have the power to determine how money shall be spent. 3. loosen or tighten the purse strings, to increase or decrease… …
83purse seine — a seine used to encircle a school of fish in open water (contact with the bottom is avoided as the small mesh is easily damaged). It is set at speed from a large, powered vessel and the other end is anchored by …
84purse strings — N PLURAL: the N If you say that someone holds or controls the purse strings, you mean that they control the way that money is spent in a particular family, group, or country. Women control the purse strings of most families... The bank has been… …
85purse ring — noun 1. : a ring or one of the rings to which purse strings are attached 2. : one of the rings on a purse seine through which the purse line passes …
86purse strings — {n.} Care or control of money. * /Dad holds the purse strings in our family./ * /The treasurer refused to let go of the club s purse strings./ …
87purse strings — {n.} Care or control of money. * /Dad holds the purse strings in our family./ * /The treasurer refused to let go of the club s purse strings./ …
88purse seine — noun Date: 1862 a large seine designed to be set by two boats around a school of fish and so arranged that after the ends have been brought together the bottom can be closed • purse seiner noun • purse seining noun …
89Purse Bearer — The Pursebearer is an ancient official in the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. The purse is a large velvet bag, decorated with the Royal Coat of Arms, and is most commonly seen at two ceremonial occasions:1) At the State Opening of… …
90purse line — a line at the bottom of a purse seine which allows it to be closed like a purse …
