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wallet

wallet

31 4.3
An app on a phone or computer that holds payment cards, tickets, and ID
  • noun
  • /ˈwɔːlɪt/
  • Texting
translation icon : monedero electrónico
  • This is an offline closed storage digital wallet.
  • Google Wallet
  • digital wallet
  • electronic wallet

Like you can see how long a wallet has held a Bitcoin, right?

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Examples

  • Sam pulls out his wallet and extracts a small address book.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • They're able to go into the Wallet app and add an Apple Card.

  • Bank accounts are replaced by a digital wallet that you alone control.

  • Do you have a credit card in your wallet?

  • Google Pay, Google Wallet, no, and Android Pay.

  • In a direct transaction, a user sends Bitcoin from their virtual wallet to the intended recipient's wallet.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The user creates a non-custodial Bitcoin wallet by providing basic information, such as a name and email address.

    Academic text (2018)
  • J.Q. pulls out his wallet, fumbles for his card, and hands it to the admitting nurse.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Joey thinks for a frustrated moment, punches the locker, then peels another fifty out of his wallet with a menacing scowl.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • You can securely store your payment information in a digital wallet for easy shopping online.

Idioms

To show which companies or products you support by choosing where you spend money

A humorous saying men use to remember important things before leaving the house

Compounds

A small paper calendar that fits in a wallet or pocket

wallet calendar
  • Texting
3.7

An event saved in a phone wallet app for quick access

How Secure

cold storage
  • Specialized
1 4.4
keychain
  • Specialized
1 3.9
wallet
  • Texting
31 4.3
web server
  • Texting
8 3.5

Surface Forms

wallet singular
wallets plural

Etymology

Wallet comes from the same old word walet for a small 'bag' that carries money and papers. That's why we call phone apps and online services 'wallets' — they 'carry' your digital money and cards just like a small bag.