Package meaning

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The definition of a package is a box or bag that contains items, or a set of things agreed to as a whole.

A big wrapped box with your Christmas presents is an example of a package.

The Stimulus Bill including a selection of different spending programs that all must be passed, are an example of a stimulus package.

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A number of related things regarded as a unit.
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A container, wrapping, etc., esp. one in which a commodity is packed for sale.
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A wrapped or boxed thing or group of things; parcel.
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A commodity, such as food, contained in a package and sold as a unit.

A package of peanuts.

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A combination of items considered, offered, or sold as a unit.

A vacation travel package.

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To consider, offer, or sell as a unit.

Packaged the furniture and the TV at a sale price.

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The act or process of packing.
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A self-contained component or unit, usually one that is already assembled.
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To wrap or box, as for transporting, carrying, etc.
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To put together or offer as a unit.
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Designating or of a plan, offer, etc. by which a number of items are offered as an inseparable unit.

Package deal, package tour.

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(1) A "software" package is an application. See software package.
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An object containing files and instructions for distributing software.
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Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
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Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.

Did you test the software package to ensure completeness?

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The art of packing something.
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A package holiday.
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A football formation. IE; the "dime" defensive package.
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Something resembling a package.
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(computing) A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way so that it can be installed with a package manager.
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(euphemistic) The male genitalia.
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To pack or bundle something.
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To travel on a package holiday.
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Package is defined as combining different things together as one, or to load and arrange items into a container.

When you put together a variety of different legal bills that have to be passed together, this is an example of when you package the bills.

When you get a box and start putting your belongings into it, this is an example of when you package your belongings.

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A wrapped or boxed object; a parcel.

A package arrived in the mail.

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A container or wrapping in which something is stored, transported, or sold.

Had trouble opening the package.

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A man's genitals.
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To place into a package or make a package of.
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To present or publicize in a certain way.

Packaged his life story as a romance with a happy ending.

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Origin of package

  • From pack + -age (act of packaging) or from cognate Dutch pakkage.

    From Wiktionary

Package Sentence Examples

  • It was a package deal.

  • There'll be a nice severance package for all of you.

  • She lay the flower and note aside and lifted a dress from the package, blushing as she realized his estimation of her size was accurate.

  • By 10:30 she had mailed the package and decided to stop at a little restaurant in the strip mall for something to eat.

  • Bill tossed Carmen's supply package to Alex, who deftly caught it.

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