PAC

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pac"

English

Pronunciation

(political action committee):

• IPA^(key): /pæk/, [pʰæk]

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

• Homophone: pack
• Rhymes: -æk

Noun

PAC (plural PACs)

1. (computing) Initialism of programmable automation controller.
2. (computing) Initialism of proxy auto-config (file).
3. Initialism of public accounts committee.
4. (US politics) Acronym of political action committee.

   Hyponyms: spooky PAC, super PAC

   • 2006, Peter L. Francia, The Future of Organized Labor in American Politics, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 81:

     A PAC may contribute no more than $5,000 to a federal candidate in a general or primary election. PACs have grown to become the second-largest source of campaign funds, trailing only individuals (Herrnson 2004).

   • 2020 November 10, Shane Goldmacher, Maggie Haberman, Rachel Shorey, “Trump Starts PAC for Future Endeavors, Biden Will Speak on Obamacare Case”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 4 February 2021:

     The new group, called Save America, is a federal fund-raising vehicle known as a leadership PAC that has donation limits of $5,000 per donor per year. […] In that sense, his PAC could become a fan-subsidized machine to perpetuate his agenda and plot his next moves. […] Leadership PACs are generally seen as loosely regulated — Joseph R. Biden Jr. operated one during the 2018 midterms ahead of his own presidential run — and the committee gives Mr. Trump a place to continue to direct supporter cash.

5. (software design) Initialism of presentation-abstraction-control.

Proper noun

PAC

1. (military) Abbreviation of Pacific (“Pacific Ocean”).

Adjective

PAC (not comparable)

1. (artificial intelligence) Initialism of probably approximately correct.

See also

• LANT

Further reading

• PAC on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• cap, CPA, PCA, ACP, Cap, APC, CAP, cap.

French

Noun

PAC f (invariable)

1. acronym of Politique agricole commune (Common Agricultural Policy)
2. classified advertisement: abbreviation of petite annonce classée (petite annonce)
3. classifieds: abbreviation of petites annonces classées (petites annonces)

Anagrams

• cap

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English PAC (“political action committee”).

Noun

PAC m (plural PAC)

1. (US politics) comité de acción política; PAC.
   • 2020 September 24, Marlon Sorto, “Confirman investigación federal contra la excongresista Ros-Lehtinen por fondos de campaña”, in CNN en Español‎:

     La organización CLC informó en octubre de 2019 que aunque Ros-Lehtinen anunció a inicios de 2017 que no buscaría la reelección, presuntamente transfirió unos US$ 177.455 dólares de su comité de campaña a un Comité de Acción Política (PAC) que dirigía. […] Los PAC son grupos de interés creados para recaudar dinero de sus miembros, con la única finalidad de aportar los recursos a candidatos o partidos políticos. […] “Y si un miembro del personal cometió un error o no anotó una comida personal, por decir algo, y dijo: ‘esperen, la campaña o el PAC no puede pagar por eso’, eso ciertamente no es criminal”.

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