pac

¹

[pak]

noun

1. pack.

pac

²

[pak]

noun

1. Also pack a soft, flexible, heelless shoe worn as a liner inside a boot or overshoe.

2. shoepac.

PAC

³

Or P.A.C.

[pak]

noun

plural

PAC's, PACs 

1. political action committee: an organization established by a corporation or other special interest to raise money from individuals for a political campaign or other political cause.

   a labor-union PAC that backs Democratic candidates.

Pac.

⁴

abbreviation

1. Pacific.

PAC

¹

abbreviation

1. Pan-Africanist Congress

Pac.

²

abbreviation

1. Pacific

Word History and Origins

Origin of pac¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1870–75; extracted from shoepac by false analysis as shoe + pac

Origin of pac²

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Blew the Pac-12 championship game and a shot at the playoffs three seasons ago.

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Easley finished that first season with nine interceptions and 93 tackles, school records for a true freshman, and was just getting started on the way to becoming the first player in Pac-10 history to be selected for the conference’s first team all four seasons.

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The Strategy Group also received a stream of payments for social media consulting and media production work over the last few years from Noem’s American Resolve PAC.

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Federal election records show the PAC made its last payment to Yoho’s company this February, a couple weeks after Noem took her post as the head of DHS.

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Even the 2022 run ended on a sour note in the Pac-12 title game after USC lost a second time to Utah, this time with a playoff berth on the line.

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Related Words

• lobbyist 
• pressure group