"sac" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sæk/ Audio: en-us-sack.ogg Forms: sacs [plural]
Rhymes: -æk Etymology: Borrowed from French sac. Doublet of saccus, sack, saco, and sakkos. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|sac}} French sac, {{doublet|en|saccus|sack|saco|sakkos}} Doublet of saccus, sack, saco, and sakkos Head templates: {{en-noun}} sac (plural sacs)
  1. A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /sæk/ Audio: en-us-sack.ogg Forms: sacs [plural]
Rhymes: -æk Etymology: Clipping of sacrifice. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|sacrifice}} Clipping of sacrifice Head templates: {{en-noun}} sac (plural sacs)
  1. (transitive, informal, games) A sacrifice. Tags: informal, transitive Categories (topical): Games Derived forms: sac bunt, sac fly, sal sac
    Sense id: en-sac-en-noun-en:sacrifice_n Topics: games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /sæk/ Audio: en-us-sack.ogg
Rhymes: -æk Etymology: See sake, soc. Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} sac
  1. (UK, law, historical) The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines; now used only in the phrase sac and soc or soc and sac. Tags: UK, historical Categories (topical): Law Related terms: cul de sac, poutchine au sac, sac-a-lait, sac lacsac up
    Sense id: en-sac-en-noun-Q14wkVt~ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 51 8 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /sæk/ Audio: en-us-sack.ogg Forms: sacs [present, singular, third-person], sacking [participle, present], saccing [participle, present], sacked [participle, past], sacked [past], sacced [participle, past], sacced [past]
Rhymes: -æk Etymology: Clipping of sacrifice. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|sacrifice}} Clipping of sacrifice Head templates: {{en-verb|sacs|sacking|sacked|past2=sacced|pres_ptc2=saccing}} sac (third-person singular simple present sacs, present participle sacking or saccing, simple past and past participle sacked or sacced)
  1. (transitive, informal, games) To sacrifice. Tags: informal, transitive Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-sac-en-verb-en:sacrifice_v Topics: games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "sac fly"
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      "word": "sal sac"
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          "text": "Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.",
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        "A sacrifice."
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      "word": "cul de sac"
    },
    {
      "word": "poutchine au sac"
    },
    {
      "word": "sac-a-lait"
    },
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      "word": "sac lacsac up"
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        {
          "ref": "1876, Edward Augustus Freeman, The History of the Norman Conquest of England, page 311:",
          "text": "But it is really the court-baron which represents the ancient assembly of the mark, while the court-leet represents the lord's jurisdiction of sac and soc, whether granted before or since the coming of William.",
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          "ref": "1882, William White, History, gazetteer, and directory, of Lincolnshire, page 21:",
          "text": "In later times, if the lord had \"sac and soc,” his court had the authority of the Court Leet; if he had the view of frankpledge the suitors at his court were free from attendance at the sheriff's tourn; his court was then in all points like the hundred court, but independent of the sheriff.",
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          "ref": "1899 February, F. M. Cobb, “Early English Courts”, in The Western Reserve Law Journal, volume 5, number 1, page 16:",
          "text": "The grant of “sac and soc” did not always carry with it the right to hold a court, but frequently amounted only to the privilege of receiving the forfeitures the lord's men should incur in the Hundred court, or possibly to one-third of the revenues of the Hundred and Shire, which had formerly gone to the ealdorman.",
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