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

  • (..) enjoying his golden years wondering where the hell you are, Anson. I'm sorry. You failed. I have prepared a severance package that is more than equitable. Valid until this evening. I could fight you on this. If I leave without your signature, (..)
    1997 The Game
  • (..) may as well not be held at all. When Mr. Van Orton boards his plane on the morrow he will have every agreement and addendum in the complete closing package flawlessly revised. So you will miss another opera you would have slept during anyway. We now have an opportunity to show our clients (..)
    1997 The Game