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purse
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See: award, reward, stake, treasury

PURSE. In Turkey the sum of five hundred dollars is called a purse. Merch. Dict. h.t.
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That leaves the club little or no time in which to push through transfer moves whoever is holding the purse strings, and with Hughton's squad having been reduced by 10 bodies to date and speculation still rife over Steven Taylor's future, one serious injury to a key player could have a catastrophic effect.
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Unfortunately, because it's politicians holding the purse strings, a political football is what it inevitably becomes.
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