- 1 (British English) a small paper or cardboard container in which goods are packed for selling a packet of biscuits/cigarettes/crisps compare pack, package see also pay packet Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveempty, cereal, cigarette, … verb + packetopen packet + verbcontain something packet + nounsoup prepositionon a/the packet, packet of See full entry
- 2 a small object wrapped in paper or put into a thick envelope so that it can be sent by mail, carried easily or given as a present A packet of photographs arrived with the mail. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveempty, cereal, cigarette, … verb + packetopen packet + verbcontain something packet + nounsoup prepositionon a/the packet, packet of See full entry
- 3(North American English) (British English sachet) a closed plastic or paper package that contains a very small amount of liquid or a powder a packet of instant cocoa mix Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveempty, cereal, cigarette, … verb + packetopen packet + verbcontain something packet + nounsoup prepositionon a/the packet, packet of See full entry
- 4[singular] (British English, informal) a large amount of money That car must have cost a packet.
- 5 (computing) a piece of information that forms part of a message sent through a computer network The data transmission is split into a number of packets of equal size.
- 6(North American English) a set of documents that are supplied together for a particular purpose a training packet Word Originmid 16th cent.: diminutive of pack, perhaps from Anglo-Norman French; compare with Anglo-Latin paccettum.Extra examples My kids have summer math packets from their schools. a packet containing seeds a packet of crisps a weekly pay packet of £200 a weekly pay packet= wage of £200 a packet of biscuits/cigarettes/crisps
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