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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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The financial jackpot Henrik Larsson won for Celtic with his contribution to Barcelona's win over Arsenal in the Champions League Final on Wednesday has loosened the purse strings for Gordon Strachan.
Football: Gordon gets set to write a Czech; CELTS CLOSING IN ON DENS ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Inevitably, that led fans to call for his head, but chairman Freddy Shepherd has steadfastly stood by his man so far, to the extent that he loosened the purse strings this summer and allowed Souness to take his spending on new players to pounds 50m in little over eight months.
Keep the faith, says Dalglish by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
The Wirral club that boasted the virtues of tight budgetary constraints as they endured the financial hardships of recent years has now loosened the purse strings to pay for the Republic of Ireland midfielder.
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