wallet

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A flat pocket-sized folding case, usually made of leather, for holding paper money, cards, or photographs; a billfold.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A long bag with a slit in the middle, and space for the contents at the two ends: a form familiar in silk knitted purses, and revived for larger bags for women's use.
2. n. Anything protuberant and swagging. Compare wattle.
3. n. A flat bag of leather, with a flap, or a hinged opening with a clasp, at the top: used for tools, etc., or in a small size for carrying coin on the person.
4. n. A pocketbook, especially a large one for containing papers, bank-notes laid flat and not folded, and the like.
5. n. A small kit carried by anglers. A wallet generally includes thread and needles, aw1, waxed ends, shoemakers' wax, a few hobnails, coarse and fine twine, a pair of small pliers, a file, a spring-balance to weigh fish, court-plaster, shellac varnish, prepared glue, boiled linseed-oil, etc.
6. n. In heraldry, a bearing representing a scrip. See scrip

Wiktionary

1. n. A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
2. n. by extension, slang A person's bank account or assets.
3. n. A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.
4. n. archaic A bag or pouch.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.
2. n. A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.
3. n. Anything protuberant and swagging.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money