packetpack·et /ˈpækɪt/ noun [countableC]1a small container, usually made of paper, with a set of things in itSYN PACKUnited Biscuits produces 5 billion packets a year.
packet ofSupermarkets withdrew thousands of packets of chocolates after discovering a production error.
Under a direct-marketing promotion, Quaker Oats sent out packets of coupons to 18 million homes.
→ postal packet2American EnglishAmE a small plastic or paper package containing a product in liquid or paper formSYN SACHETpacket ofa packet of tomato sauce
3COMMERCEFINANCEa set of related things or services which are offered or sold togetherSYN PACKAGEpacket ofHe advised the firm to buy a packet of Jacobs Suchard shares to facilitate the takeover.
We are putting together a packet of services from various parts of the bank.
4COMPUTING a unit of data that is sent over a computer network such as the Internet. Packets that belong to the same file can travel over different routes and be joined together again when they arrive 5cost a packet British EnglishBrE informal to cost a lot of moneyIt can cost a packet to use a mobile abroad.
6American EnglishAmE a set of documents kept together between the same coversa 200-page packet of documents
7TRANSPORTanother name for package