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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pact /pækt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an agreement, treaty, or compact:a trade pact.
See -pac-.-pact-, root. - -pact- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "fasten.'' This meaning is found in such words as: compact, impact, impacted, subcompact.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pact (pakt),USA pronunciation n. - an agreement, covenant, or compact:We made a pact not to argue any more.
- an agreement or treaty between two or more nations:a pact between Germany and Italy.
[1400–50;
late ME pact(e) MF L pactum, n. use of neut. of ptp. of pacīscī to make a bargain, contract[ |