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Myanmar Meaning

(idm) အားကြိုးမာန်တက် လုပ်သည်။

Definition

purse /pɜ:s/ n ၁။ [C] (အထူးသျဖင့္ အေႂကြထည့္ရန္) ပိုက္ဆံအိတ္ ကေလး။ She took a coin from her purse and gave it to the child. Compare WALLET ၂။ [sing] အသံုးစရိတ္။ excursions to suit every purse ❍ Should spending on the arts be met out of the public purse? See also PRIVY PURSE ၃။ [C] (sport) ဆုေငြ။ fighting for a purse of $500,000. ၄။ [C] ( US ) = HANDBAG ❍ LUGGAGE v ႏႈတ္ခမ္းကို (အိတ္႐ံႈ႕အဝကဲ့သို႔)စုဝိုင္းထားသည္။ Her lips were pursed in concentration/ disapproval. ❏ purse-strings n [pl] ေငြသံုးစြဲပံု။ အသံုးအစြဲ။ ဘ႑ာေရး။ get a tighter grip on the purse-strings ❍ The government controls/ holds the purse-strings.

Examples

  1. It was too expensive for my purse.
  2. [the public purse] : Health costs funded by the public purse