DLC

American  

abbreviation

1. downloadable content: additional content that can be purchased online and added on to a video game, as to enhance its features.

   If you buy the DLC, you’ll have access to the new weapon packs.

   I had more fun playing the DLC than the game itself.

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Etymology

Origin of DLC

First recorded in 2000–05

Example Sentences

The awards do have strict eligibility rules around remakes and remasters of previously released games, and downloadable content, or DLC, which expands on an existing title.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

This took place alongside a gradual recruitment of DLC figures into the D.C. lobbying apparatus.

From Slate • Jul. 4, 2023

I assume that the more successful the game is among buyers, the more likely DLC content is added, which is always a plus.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2022

Like the DLC, it seems like most future updates to the game will be for next-gen consoles only; the company says 1.6 will be “the last major update” for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

From The Verge • Sep. 6, 2022

DLC 40 Reid, Ira De A. Negro youth, their social and economic backgrounds; a selected bibliography of unpublished studies, 1900-1938.

From The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter by Porter, Dorothy B.