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

  • (..) was crossing the street, Daisy had finished rehearsing and was taking a shower. While Daisy was showering, taxi was waiting outside a Boutique for the woman to pick up a package which hadn't been wrapped yet because the girl who was supposed to wrap it had broken up with her boyfriend the night before, and forgot. When the package was wrapped, the woman, who was back in the cab, was blocked by a delivery truck. All the while Daisy was getting dressed. The delivery truck pulled away (..)
    2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button