Meaning of packet In English

• 0 a small paper or cardboard container in which a number of small objects are sold:

  • a packet of cereal/biscuits/crisps/peanuts

  • a packet of chewing gum/cigarettes

  • a packet of sugar

  • It will be cheaper to send it as a small packet.

  • Our bookkeeping training packet includes everything you need to get started.

• 1 a unit of data that is sent over a computer network

• 2 a man's sex organs

• 3 a large amount of money:

  • That house must have cost a packet!

  • Someone's making a packet out of this business.

• 4 a small package or envelope, or a collection of things in it:

  • a packet of stamps

  • The device converts speech into digital packets that scatter and reassemble at their destination.

• 5 a small paper or cardboard container used to hold goods, or the contents of the container:

  • an empty cigarette packet

  • He ate a whole packet of biscuits.

• 6 a very small container for holding a small amount of a liquid, sugar, etc.:

  • a packet of ketchup

• 7 a special envelope or container for sending things that can easily break, have an unusual shape, or are very small:

  • In general, cigarettes, alcohol, and aerosols must not be included in postal packets .

• 8 a collection of documents that have been put together as a set:

  • An information packet is available for customers on request.

• 9 a collection of data that has been put together as a set:

  • The X .25 interface breaks the datagrams up into 128-byte packets.

  • All data sent over the internet goes in data packets.

• 10 to cost, pay, or earn a lot of money:

  • The advertising campaign must have cost them a packet.

  • He dropped out of university but now he's making a packet in banking.