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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

  • (..) you make the deal. - Easy to say. He's not your father. - I'm as much a son as you or Mike. What is it? - Paulie, I told you to stay put. - The guy at the gates has a package. Tessio, go see what it is. - Shall I stay? - Yeah. Are you all right? - I'm fine. - There's food. Are you hungry? (..)
    1972 The Godfather