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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
package/ˈpakɪʤ/
noun
  • 1 an object or group of objects wrapped in paper or packed in a box.

    N. Amer. a packet.

  • 2 (also package deal) a set of proposals or terms offered or agreed as a whole.
  • 3 informal a package holiday.
  • 4 Computing a collection of programs or subroutines with related functionality.
verb
  • 1 put into a box or wrapping.
  • 2 present in a particular and advantageous way.
  • 3 combine (various products) for sale as one unit.

    ■ commission and produce (a book) to sell as a complete product to publishers.

– derivatives
packaged adjective,
packager noun,
packaging noun.
– origin C16: from pack1 + -age; cf. Anglo-Latin paccagium.
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