1
archaic
: the act or process of packing
2
a
: a small or moderate-sized pack : parcel
b
: a commodity or a unit of a product uniformly wrapped or sealed
c
: a preassembled unit
3
: a covering wrapper or container
4
: something that suggests a package: such as
a
b
: a radio or television series offered for sale at a lump sum
c
: contract benefits gained through collective bargaining
d
: a ready-made computer program or collection of related software
e
: a travel arrangement contract that offers for a fixed price transportation, accommodations, and often sightseeing and entertainment
f
: a collection of related items
especially
: one to be considered or acted on together
presented his tax package to the nation
packaged; packaging
1
a
: to make into a package
especially
: to produce as an entertainment package
b
: to present (something, such as a product) in such a way as to heighten its appeal to the public
2
: to enclose in a package or covering
packager
noun
Synonyms
Examples of package in a Sentence
Noun
All ingredients are listed right on the package.
She ate the whole package of crackers for lunch.
The hotel, airfare, and museum fees were all part of our vacation package.
The financial aid packages we'll be awarding this year are smaller than we had hoped they would be.
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Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
After Kramer and an unindicted co-conspirator inmate worked with the drug suppliers to arrange meet-up times and locations, Gratz would pick up the drug packages.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 12 Nov. 2024
Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Packaging: Probiotics are usually packaged in ways designed to protect them from getting killed by moisture, oxygen, or light.
—Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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Noun
For more than six decades, the department store has advertised over-the-top holiday packages.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
After Kramer and an unindicted co-conspirator inmate worked with the drug suppliers to arrange meet-up times and locations, Gratz would pick up the drug packages.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 12 Nov. 2024
Verb
The product is packaged in plastic (HDPE) half-gallon bottle, the cap has a foil liner that is induction sealed during the bottling process.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Packaging: Probiotics are usually packaged in ways designed to protect them from getting killed by moisture, oxygen, or light.
—Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Package.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/package. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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package
2 of 2 verb
packaged; packaging
: to make into or enclose in a package
packager
noun
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