PACKET

US also package [noun] [C] - a small paper or cardboard container in which a number of small objects are solda (UK and ANZ) packet/(US) box of cereala (UK and ANZ) packet/(US) pack of chewing gum(UK and ANZ) a packet of crisps (US and ANZ bag of chips)How many seeds are there in a packet?(UK and ANZ) He opened a packet of biscuits (US package of cookies) and took one out.(UK and ANZ) She smokes a packet (US pack) of cigarettes (= the contents of a packet) a day.Compare parcel.See pictures: Containers, Biscuits(UK taboo slang) A packet is also a man's sex organs.(informal) A packet is also a large amount of money.That house must have cost a packet!Someone's making a packet out of this business.