pocketbook

Meaning

Noun

• a purse or handbag.
• A wallet for paper money.
• One's personal budget or economic capacity - the amount one can afford.
• A small book, particularly a paperback or notebook able to fit into a pocket.

Origin

• "1610s,[] originally a small book meant to be carried in one's pocket, from pocket (n.) + book (n.). Meaning 'a flexible booklike leather folder for papers, bills, etc.' is from 1722. Meaning 'a woman's purse' from 1816."
• From pocket + book, popularized in its sense as a paperback by the success of Pocket Books in the United States after its 1939 launch.