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

  • (..) Beep beep! (Korean language) They're heading back towards you. So whatever you're going to do, do it now. I'm going in. Cap, can you keep him occupied? What do you think I've been doing? A package is airborne. I have a clean shot. - Negative. I am still in the truck. - What the hell are you... Just be ready, I'm sending the package to you. How do you want me to take it? Uhh, you might wish you hadn't asked that. Please. Don't do this. What choice do we have? I lost him! (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron