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packet [ˈpækɪt] n 1. (Business / Commerce) a small or medium-sized container of cardboard, paper, etc., often together with its contents a packet of biscuits Usual US and Canadian word package pack 2. a small package; parcel 3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Also called packet boat a boat that transports mail, passengers, goods, etc., on a fixed short route 4. Slang a large sum of money to cost a packet 5. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing a unit into which a larger piece of data is broken down for more efficient transmission See also packet switching vb (tr) to wrap up in a packet or as a packet [from Old French pacquet, from pacquer to pack, from Old Dutch pak a pack] Packet a small pack, package, or parcel; a small collection, set, or lot—Wilkes. Examples: packet of friends, 1766; of letters, 1530; of lies; of miracles, 1613; of photographs, 1871; of plants, 1803; of rumour, 1828.
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packet noun 1. container, box, package, wrapping, poke (dialect), carton, wrapper He wrote the number on the back of a cigarette packet. 3. (Slang) a fortune, lot(s), pot(s) (informal), a bomb (Brit. slang), a pile (informal), big money, a bundle (slang), big bucks (informal, chiefly U.S.), a small fortune, top dollar (informal), a mint, a wad (U.S. & Canad. slang), megabucks (U.S. & Canad. slang), an arm and a leg (informal), a bob or two (Brit. informal), a tidy sum (informal), a king's ransom (informal), a pretty penny (informal) You could save yourself a packet. Translations packet [ˈpækɪt] A. N 1. (= carton) → cajita f; [of cigarettes] → cajetilla f; [of seeds, needles] → sobre m; [of crisps etc] → bolsa f; (= small parcel) → paquete m 2. (fig) a new packet of proposals → un paquete de nuevas propuestas a whole packet of trouble → la mar de disgustos 3. (Brit) (= large sum) → dineral m to make a packet → ganar un dineral or una fortuna that must have cost a packet → eso habrá costado un dineral 4. (Naut) (also packet boat) → paquebote m B. CPD packet switching N (Comput) → conmutación f de paquetes packet [ˈpækɪt] n [cigarettes, seeds, biscuits, crisps, tea, sweets] → paquet m a packet of cigarettes → un paquet de cigarettes (= parcel) [photographs, letters] → paquet m packet n (esp Brit) → Paket nt; (of cigarettes) → Päckchen nt, → Schachtel f, → Packung f; (= small box) → Schachtel f (Naut) → Paketboot nt (Brit inf: = lot of money) to make a packet → ein Schweinegeld verdienen (inf); that must have cost a packet → das muss ein Heidengeld gekostet haben (inf) packet: packet boat n → Paketboot nt packet soup n (esp Brit) → Tütensuppe f packet switching n (Telec, Comput) → Paketvermittlung f packet [ˈpækɪt] n (gen) → pacchetto; (of sweets, crisps) → sacchetto; (of needles, seeds) → bustina to make a packet (fam) → fare un mucchio or un sacco di soldi that must have cost a packet (fam) → dev'essere costato un sacco di soldi packet [ˈpækɪt] n (gen) → pacchetto; (of sweets, crisps) → sacchetto; (of needles, seeds) → bustina to make a packet (fam) → fare un mucchio or un sacco di soldi that must have cost a packet (fam) → dev'essere costato un sacco di soldi n packet [ˈpӕkit] a small often flat, usually paper or cardboard container, especially one in which food is sold or in which small objects are sent through the post a packet of biscuits. pakkie حُزْمَه، عُلْبَه пакет balíček, krabice pakke; æske das Päckchen πακέτο paquete, cajita; cajetilla (cigarrillos); sobre (väike) pakk, karp جعبه کوچک؛ پاکت paketti paquet חֲפִיסָה पैकेट paket (kis) csomag paket (smá)pakki pacchetto 小包み 한 묶음, 한 다발 dėžutė, paketas, pakelis paciņa; sainītis paket pakje, doos pakning, liten pakke paczka, pudełko pacote pachet пачка, пакет balíček, škatuľka zavitek pakovanje paket สินค้า/บริการที่ขายให้ในหนึ่งชุด paket 小包裹 пакет; пачка پيکٹ، چھوٹا بنڈل bao bì 小包裹 packet → رُزْمَة balíček pakke Päckchen πακέτο paquete paketti paquet kutija pacchetto 小さな包み 작은 꾸러미 pakje pakke pakiet pacote пакет paket ห่อของเล็กๆ paket gói nhỏ 小包 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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