Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

public purse

/pʌblɪk ˈpɜɹs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables: publ-ic purse
IPA: /pʌblɪk ˈpɜɹs/

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A quantity of money collected by a government through taxation and other methods, and used for public purposes; public funds, public money.

Example Sentences

"Money in the public purse should be spent in the public interest."
"This means that while initial funding will come from the public purse, landowners along the route will eventually pay back a share of the uplift in land values created by the new line."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pʌblɪk ˈpɜɹs/
British English: /pʌblɪk ˈpɜːs/

Inflected Forms

public purses (plural)

Phrases

hold the purse strings power of the purse public debt public interest

Frequently Paired Words

disbursement hold the purse strings power of the purse public debt public interest exchequer treasury

Rhymes With

worse universe nurse reverse diverse verse curse purse converse traverse disperse transverse

Questions

How do you pronounce public purse?: The recorded pronunciation is /pʌblɪk ˈpɜɹs/.
What does public purse mean?: A quantity of money collected by a government through taxation and other methods, and used for public purposes; public funds, public money.

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