packet

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pack|et /p'ækɪt/ (packets)
1 [N-COUNT]
A packet is a small container in which a quantity of something is sold. Packets are either small boxes made of thin cardboard, or bags or envelopes made of paper or plastic. (mainly BRIT)
Cook the rice according to instructions on the packet.
...a cigarette packet.
= pack
[N-COUNT] usu N of n
A packet of something is an amount of it contained in a packet. (in AM, usually use pack, package)
He had smoked half a packet of cigarettes...
= pack
2 [N-COUNT]
A packet is a small flat parcel. (mainly BRIT)
...a packet of photographs.
3 [N-SING] a N
You can refer to a lot of money as a packet. (BRIT INFORMAL; in AM, use bundle)
It'll cost you a packet...
= fortune
4
see also pay packet, wage packetpack|et switch|ing
also packet-switching
[N-UNCOUNT]
Packet-switching is a method of sending computer data on telephone lines which automatically divides the data into short pieces in order to send it and puts it together again when it is received. (COMPUTING)pay pack|et (pay packets)
1 [N-COUNT] oft poss N
Your pay packet is the envelope containing your wages, which your employer gives you at the end of every week. (BRIT; in AM, use pay envelope)
2 [N-COUNT] oft poss N
You can refer to someone's wages or salary as their pay packet. (BRIT; in AM, use paycheck, pay)wage pack|et (wage packets)
[N-COUNT]
People's wages can be referred to as their wage packet. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use paycheck)
They work long hours in order to take home a fat wage packet.

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