PACKET


Meaning of PACKET in English

n. 25B6; noun

a packet of cigarettes : PACK, carton, (cardboard) box, container, case, package.

(informal) that must have cost a packet : A CONSIDERABLE/LARGE SUM OF MONEY, a king's ransom, millions, billions; informal a (small) fortune, pots/heaps of money, a mint, a bundle, a pile, a tidy sum, a pretty penny, big money; Brit. informal a bomb, loadsamoney; N. Amer. informal big bucks, gazillions; Austral. informal big bickies, motser.

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