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package

Definition

  • noun: a box or large envelope that is sent or delivered usually through the mail or by another delivery service
  • noun: the act or process of 'packing'
  • verb: to put (something) in a package in order to sell it or send it somewhere
  • verb: to make into a package
  • often used as '(be) packaged'
  • synonyms: packet, bale, parcel

Examples

  • ('informal') If you let her move in with you, living with her cat is all 'part of the package'. [=it is part of the situation that you will have to accept]

  • The financial aid 'packages' we'll be awarding this year are smaller than we had hoped they would be.

  • You'll need a 12-ounce 'package' [=('Brit') 'packet'] of chocolate chips for the cookies.

Movie quotes

  • (..) it's possible she was trying to transmit and fell. We've had problems in the past with third parties attempting to extort or bribe employees for similar packages. Do we know who the data was intended for? No, the transmission was never sent. Theresa may have been trying to (..)
    2016 TvShow: Westworld Title: Trace Decay Season: 1 Episode 8