Meaning

noun a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse

noun a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

noun a small and economical car

originFrom Middle French compact, from Latin compāctus, perfect passive participle of compingō (“join together”), from com- (“together”) + pangō (“fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fix, fasten”).

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