Package Word Meaning

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

an object or group of objects wrapped in paper or packed in a box

wrapped or boxed object

• someone had left a suspicious package

a set of proposals or terms offered or agreed as a whole

set of proposals offered as whole

• a package of measures announced by the government

a collection of programs or subroutines with related functionality

collection of programs

• CAD and banking packages

put into a box or wrapping for sale or transport

put into box or wrapping

• choose products which are packaged in recyclable materials

present (someone or something) in an attractive or advantageous way

present in attractive or advantageous way

• the singer is being packaged to appeal to teenagers