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package noun [ ˈpakɪdʒ ]

• an object or group of objects wrapped in paper or packed in a box.
• "someone had left a suspicious package"
• a set of proposals or terms offered or agreed as a whole.
• "a package of measures announced by the government"
Similar: collection, bundle, lot, combination, conglomeration, raft, package deal,
• a collection of programs or subroutines with related functionality.
• "CAD and banking packages"

package verb

• put into a box or wrapping for sale or transport.
• "choose products which are packaged in recyclable materials"
Similar: wrap, wrap up, gift-wrap, pack, pack up, parcel, parcel up, box, case, encase, bundle, bundle up,
• present (someone or something) in an attractive or advantageous way.
• "the singer is being packaged to appeal to teenagers"
Origin: mid 16th century (as a noun denoting the action or mode of packing goods): from the verb pack1 + -age; compare with Anglo-Latin paccagium . The verb dates from the 1920s.


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