PAC

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pac"

English

Pronunciation

(political action committee):

• IPA^(key): /pæk/, [pʰæk]

• Audio (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^[1], →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.
6. (rhythmic gymnastics) Initialism of Pan American Championships.

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^[2]:

     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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