political action committee: any private organization in the US that collects donations and gives them to a candidate or to support a political campaign
PACs can give $5,000 to a candidate committee per election (primary, general or special).
Submitted from: United Kingdom on 12/05/2016
PAC
noun countable American
US /pæk/
Other entries for this word
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super PACnoun
Word Forms
singular
PAC
plural
PACs
DEFINITIONS2
1
a political action committee
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2
political action committee: any private organization in the US that collects donations and gives them to a candidate or to support a political campaign
PACs can give $5,000 to a candidate committee per election (primary, general or special).