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   package

   /ˈpakɪdʒ/

   noun

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

   verb

   • 1. put into a box or wrapping for sale or transport: "choose products which are packaged in recyclable materials"
   • ▪ 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"
   • 2. present (someone or something) in an attractive or advantageous way: "the singer is being packaged to appeal to teenagers"

   Word 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.

   Derivatives

   • 1. packager noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • K

     5

   • A

     1

   • G

     2

   • E

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