package

pack|age1 [ `pækıdʒ ] noun count ***

▸ 1 something wrapped and sent

▸ 2 food packed for selling

▸ 3 plan for solving something

▸ 4 vacation arrangement

▸ 5 software sold as unit

▸ 6 benefits from employer

1. ) an object or set of objects wrapped in a box or in paper and sent or given to someone:

A Federal Express package arrived for you this morning.

a package full of Christmas presents

2. ) AMERICAN a box, bag, or plastic wrapping containing food that has been weighed ready to be sold, or the food that this contains. British packet:

package of: an 8oz. package of cream cheese

3. ) a set of proposals or measures for dealing with something:

a package designed to stabilize the economy in South Korea

rescue/aid package: a financial aid package for students

4. ) AMERICAN a vacation that includes various things such as a hotel room and transportation in the price. British package holiday:

a weekender ski package in Lake Tahoe for $131

5. ) COMPUTING a set of different pieces of computer software that are sold together as one unit:

new graphics packages on the market

6. ) money and other benefits, for example a car, that someone gets from their employer:

We offer a generous package including private medical insurance.

package

pack|age 2 [ `pækıdʒ ] verb transitive **

1. ) to put things into boxes or wrap them so that they can be sold:

a company that manufactures and packages medicines

2. ) to sell several things together as one single product:

package something with something: a sports car that comes packaged with a leather interior and a CD player

3. ) often passive to try to make someone or something such as a product or idea seem interesting and exciting to the public:

Politicians these days are packaged to appeal to a mass market.