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pac

1

[ pak ]

pac

2

[ pak ]

noun

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

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: super PAC.

    a labor-union PAC that backs Democratic candidates.

Pac.

4

abbreviation for

  1. Pacific.

PAC

1

abbreviation for

  1. Pan-Africanist Congress
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Pac.

2

abbreviation for

  1. Pacific
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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
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Example Sentences

He said he dipped into his personal funds and “reached out to some people who gave money” to get the PAC started.

But Goff called it “insulting” to suggest that he might be running a super PAC for personal gain.

Romneyland is abuzz over the new super PAC—and not in a good way.

In Romneyland, the super PAC is being met with real suspicion and skepticism.

But for the National Draft Ben Carson for President PAC to get going, they needed a Web domain.

Pace′-mak′er, one who sets the pace, as in a race; Pac′er, one who paces: a horse whose usual gait is a pace.

Pact, pakt, n. that which is agreed on: an agreement: a contract—also Pac′tion.

Without doubt I saw, and yet it seems to pass before me, A headless trunk, that even as the rest Of the sad flock pac'd onward.

Bacchus kindly consented, and ordered him to bathe in the river Pac´tolus.

Mrs. Paradise received us very graciously, and led me immediately up to Miss Thrale, who was sitting by the Pac.

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