package

 
Pronunciation: /ˈpakɪdʒ/

noun

  • 1an object or group of objects wrapped in paper or packed in a box: someone had left a suspicious package
  • North American a packet: a package of peanuts
  • 2 (also package deal) a set of proposals or terms offered or agreed as a whole: a package of measures announced by the government
  • informal a package holiday: a two-day package to Paris
  • 3 Computing a collection of programs or subroutines with related functionality: CAD and banking packages

verb

[with object]
  • 1put into a box or wrapping for sale or transport: choose products which are packaged in recyclable materials (as adjective packaged) packaged foods
  • combine (various products) for sale as one unit: films would be packaged with the pictures of a production company
  • commission and produce (a book, typically a highly illustrated one) to sell as a complete product to publishers: it’s a question of trying to package the book properly
  • 2present (someone or something) in an attractive or advantageous way: school science is packaged to appeal to boys, not girls (as adjective, with submodifier packaged) everything became a carefully packaged photo opportunity

Derivatives

packager

noun

Origin:

mid 16th century (as a noun denoting the action or mode of packing goods): from the verb pack1 + -age; compare with Anglo-Latin paccagium. The verb dates from the 1920s