Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A wrapped or boxed object; a parcel.
- n. A container in which something is packed for storage or transportion.
- n. A preassembled unit.
- n. A commodity, such as food, uniformly processed and containerized.
- n. A proposition or an offer composed of several items, each of which must be accepted.
- v. To place into a package or make a package of.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A bundle or parcel; a quantity pressed or packed together: as, a package of cloth.
- n. A unit of freight or luggage; an article of transportation, as a box or a bundle.
- n. A charge made for packing goods.
- n. A duty formerly charged in the port of London on goods imported or exported by aliens, or by denizens who were sons of aliens.
- n. A box, basket, or other receptacle in which perishable articles of food are packed for transportation. See the extract.
Wiktionary
- n. Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
- n. Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.
- n. The art of packing something.
- n. Something resembling a package.
- n. A package holiday.
- n. A football formation. IE; the "dime" defensive package.
- n. euphemistic The male genitalia.
- v. To pack or bundle something.
- v. To travel on a package holiday.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Act or process of packing.
- n. A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel.
- n. A charge made for packing goods.
- n. A duty formerly charged in the port of London on goods imported or exported by aliens, or by denizens who were the sons of aliens.
WordNet 3.0
- v. put into a box
- n. a wrapped container
- n. (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory
- n. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
Etymologies
- From pack + -age (act of packaging) or from cognate Dutch pakkage. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“A package with goods inside declared at $51 USD - it's a parcel from the USA - add on customs charges and handling handling being the large part and that's an extra *half the cost of the orginal package*.”
“On TARGET system: for package in ` cat packages-on-DVD ` do QUERY = ` echo $package | cut - d ":" - f 2 `”
“Our earliest evidence for the phrase package store, I am informed by Joanne Despres at Merriam-Webster, “is an entry in the 1918 Addenda to the New International Dictionary originally published in 1909, where it is labeled ‘cant, U.S.’””
Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
“Expedia, believing that the term "package" has a lot to do with customer skepticism, is running a contest on”
“This package is the first crucial step in a concerted effort to create and save 3 to 4 million jobs, jumpstart our economy, and begin the process of transforming it for the 21st century with $275 billion in economic recovery tax cuts and $550 billion in thoughtful and carefully targeted priority investments with unprecedented accountability measures built in. ...”
“And all I get when I ask customer service why I haven't received my package is an apology and an explanation that the weather is causing the delay.”
UPS Coughs Up $50 But Still Hasn't Delivered Your Daughter's Christmas Present - The Consumerist
“Seattle as a package is a much more visually stunning city.”
“As a novice bowhunter, a package is a good way to start.”
I am looking into purchasing my first bow after years of firearm hunting for whitetail.
“Such a package is around $100 and it is said to be very effective in terms of sentimental wallop on the person it is presented to.”
“New to this package is a commentary track with Zack Snyder and Dave Gibbons.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘package’.
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
1. EU Buzz - single words
2. EU Buzz - collocations
3. EU Buzz - the 100 most active
collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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Containers
Stuff that holds other stuff.
cardboard box, jar, filing cabinet, safe deposit box, cupboard, wardrobe, jewel case, briefcase, locker, canopic jar, chest of drawers, paper sack and 208 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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TECH - department store terms
absorbable, access road, account book, acoustic, adding machine, adhesive, advisory service, aeration, air compressor, air conditioner, air filter, alarm system and 231 more...
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webdev
random webdev lingo used primarily in computer programming.
( open list, randomness, technical jargon, geek speak )
more:
ajax, user, admin, frontend, backend, database, sql, protocol, call, dom, layout, ui and 439 more... -
The -ages of Man(-age)
Trivet also has this list, which you should go see. And then I found this list, and this list...
manage, salvage, selvadge, savage, voyage, umbrage, entourage, homage, carriage, marriage, language, potage and 123 more...
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The Penis Game
Euphemisms for the penis.
See also:
A Testicle by Any Other Name
Ward, I'm worried about the beavermale interfemoral..., penis, dick, cock, prick, willy, percy, peter, one-eyed trouser ..., piece of pork, wife's best friend, dong and 79 more...
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Compound words by appearance, not def...
Requirements:
• The word should be a compound.
• Once divided, the individual definitions should not describe the compound itself.
• For sanity's sake, any word that also ha...pinion, electrode, faggot, accordion, display, lotion, lithe, mobile, wonton, spittoon, home, donkey and 10 more...
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sex organs
funny names for the private parts.
( noun, randomness, funny )
also see: http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a...hooha, wee wee, twat, ding dong, ding-a-ling, prick, wang, schlong, willy, rod, bum, box and 29 more...
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Programming
class, function, method, instance, value, variable, boolean, if, else, while, for, elseif and 95 more...
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Unfortunately Necessary Words
Words we have to use all the time, but that doesn't mean they sound good. In fact, they kind of suck. See also this list.
milk, cheese, neck, teeth, moist, dry, skin, head, feet, mouth, frankly, hair and 97 more...
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Words I like
This is a list of my favourite words (phrases) in english, as a second language. I love them mostly because of how they sound and their meaning.
ninja, cookie, skill, zip, plentiful, digg, debris, pancake, cucumber, fetch, pot, backpack and 461 more...
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Two years
Okay, I admit it. I made a list of words my daughter knew when she was two years old.
bat, baba, a, abalone, about, acorn, adrienne, after, again, airplane, alison, all and 694 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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luckylime's Words
cacophony, cascade, trigger, crunch, vellum paper, arduous, luminescent, voluminous, euphoric, bucolic, diaphanous, danger and 162 more...
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Ugliest Words Ever
words that I refuse to say out loud.
tuna, uranus, bulbous, vaginal, rectum, cunnilingus, flatulance, pedagogy, blooper, booger, beefy, polyp and 116 more...
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