A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.
The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).
One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense⁵ below.
A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage. See verb sense⁴ below.
The scrotum.
Bed (either literally or figuratively); usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.
To put in a sack or sacks.
To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
A substitute for legal tender that is produced by a local government or a private organization.
A scrap of paper.
A medical prescription.
A share certificate.
A document signifying a power to obtain a specified acreage of public land.
A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender for payment of wages.