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PAC

 
 
noun [C] POLITICS

Definition

abbreviation for political action committee: in the US, a private group that is organized to raise money to win support for something, or to help a particular politician: The Senator's PAC raised almost $3.6 million in the first weeks of the election cycle.
abbreviation for Public Accounts Committee
(Definition of PAC noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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