n.
1.a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
2.an enclosed space
3.the quantity contained in a sack
4.any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
5.a woman's full loose hiplength jacket
6.a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees)
7.a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
8.the plundering of a place by an army or mob
9.the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) sack v.
1.plunder (a town) after capture
2.terminate the employment of
3.make as a net profit
4.put in a sack
Idiom of the Day
on (someone's) say-so
with someone's permission or authority
I was able to ask for a new stove on the apartment manager's say-so.