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pac

1 American  
[pak] / pæk /

noun

  1. pack.

pac 2 American  
[pak] / pæk /

noun

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

  2. shoepac.

PAC 3 American  
[pak] / pæk /
Or P.A.C.

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 American  

abbreviation

  1. Pacific.

PAC 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Pan-Africanist Congress

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Pac. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Pacific

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Etymology

Origin of pac2

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

Origin of PAC3

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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Top single career corporation pac contributor is coal company Arch Resources.

From The Guardian • Feb. 26, 2021

At the Barnes & Noble in Tampa, Sousa’s Super pac was outside in the parking lot, selling T-shirts and giving away copies of his book.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 30, 2015

I’m in Nevada with Hype lookin at spots for this new video we are shooting for that single I told you pac is going to be on once he is out, called California love.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2011

An advocate of campaign reform, Torkildsen refuses all pac money and says he will limit himself to six terms.

From Time Magazine Archive

The former is seldom needed in more open hardwood forest, and as snowshoes are not used much the shoe pac and rubber shoe are the footwear most often seen.

From Woodcraft by Kreps, E. H. (Elmer Harry)

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