pac

¹

[ pak ]

noun

1. pack ¹( def 1 ).

pac

²

[ pak ]

noun

1. Also pack. a soft, flexible, heelless shoe worn as a liner inside a boot or overshoe.
2. shoepac ( def ).

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

Pac.

²

abbreviation for

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

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• lobbyist
• pressure group