0 a small bag for carrying things in, made of cloth and sewn into the inside or onto the outside of a piece of clothing:
He took some coins from/out of his pocket.
The safety instructions are in the pocket of the seat in front of you.
You need deep pockets (= a lot of money) if you're involved in a long law suit.
I paid for my ticket out of my own pocket (= with my own money), but I can claim the cost of it back from my employer.
1 a group, area, or mass of something that is separate and different from what surrounds it:
2 a space between the teeth and the gums (= the firm pink flesh inside the mouth, covering the bones into which the teeth are fixed) that can contain bacteria that cause disease :
3 to put something into your pocket:
4 used to describe something that is small enough to put in your pocket, or that you regularly carry in your pocket:
a pocket dictionary
a pocket diary
a pocket calculator
a pocket battleship
5 a small bag, usually made of cloth, sewn on the inside or outside of a piece of clothing and used to hold small objects:
6 a small part of something larger that is considered separate because of a particular quality:
8 to put something in your pocket, or (fig.) to take money esp. when it has been obtained unfairly or illegally:
9 used to talk about the amount of money that a person or an organization has for spending:
come from/out of sb's pocket The cost of fixing flaws comes out of the contractor's pocket.
put cash/money into sb's pockets This is significant because it puts more cash into people's pockets.
He will have to dig deep into the taxpayer's pocket to finance the required investment in the country's rail infrastructure.
This is beyond the pockets of most homeowners.
10 a group, area, or part of something which is separate and different from what surrounds it:
Outside of manufacturing, there are pockets of our economy that continue to perform well.
11 to be under the control of a person, an organization, etc.:
At the heart of the scandal is the suggestion that supposedly independent brokers are in the pocket of the insurers which are theoretically competing.
12 a lot of money:
13 using your own personal money, and not the money of a company or an organization:
14 to make a person or an organization pay for something:
The shareholders have been hit in the pocket.
15 to get richer or make someone richer, especially by acting unfairly or by being dishonest:
16 having less money than you had previously or should have, as a result of something such as a business deal:
The limit on his pension would be irrespective of how fast prices are rising, meaning he could be out of pocket in real terms.
leave sb out of pocket Charities fear that an interruption to the lottery could leave them out of pocket.
According to the report, families are paying about $1,500 more out of pocket than six years ago
19 to take money for yourself in a dishonest way, especially when you are responsible for looking after it:
20 to keep the extra money made from a financial deal, often in a dishonest way:
21 relating to something that is small enough to be put or carried in your pocket:
a pocket calculator/diary/organiser
There are no pockets in these trousers.
His pockets had to be emptied of doofers from time to time, and aired.
A slab of freshwater ice formed the smooth top of a billiard table made of ice blocks, with pockets and cushions crafted out of walrus-hide.
Our initial sense, of course, is that these pockets of professionalism give legislatures positive power.
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