Idiom
common purse
Meaning
A shared or community fund.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We put our money into a common purse for the trip.”
“The roommates decided to create a common purse to cover the costs of shared groceries and cleaning supplies.”
“By contributing a portion of their monthly earnings to a common purse, the members of the cooperative ensured that every family had enough to survive the winter.”
Examples
simple
“We put our money into a common purse for the trip.”
contextual
“The roommates decided to create a common purse to cover the costs of shared groceries and cleaning supplies.”
complex
“By contributing a portion of their monthly earnings to a common purse, the members of the cooperative ensured that every family had enough to survive the winter.”
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