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/pˈækədʒ/ /pˈækɪdʒ/ Listen

noun

Package n.

Act or process of packing.

A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods.

A charge made for packing goods.

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.

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Etymology of 'Package'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... on, not caring that I'd finally caught on and by doing so had sealed my own package. "So after I have my mind ironed out smoothly, I'll still go on and on from pillar to post providing newly inoculated Mekstroms for ...

— Highways in Hiding • George Oliver Smith

... sit back here. We will make Wilbur sit up in front so that we can see he don't grub the eats. He's inside lancing the management for a group of free lunch and a package of liquid refreshments. Here he comes now. Bless his young heart he's got his arms full. Ain't it grand to be loved by such ...

— The Sorrows of a Show Girl • Kenneth McGaffey

... air with the stiff chill breeze in her face and Boru frisking beside her, she threw off some of the depression that was making the day horrible. The grocery was only a couple of blocks away, and she soon had her package and ...

— Phyllis - A Twin • Dorothy Whitehill

... to the hotel and found ourselves the objects of unusual solicitude and attention from the hotel proprietor and his servants. With many obsequious bows we were informed that the Russian Ambassador had called upon us in our absence, and had informed the hotel people that he had a special package from the Czar to deliver to me. He left word that he would be at the hotel at 2 p.m. the following day to carry out his Imperial Master's instructions. At the time appointed the next day the Russian Ambassador ...

— T. De Witt Talmage - As I Knew Him • T. De Witt Talmage

... doing up the package, then he seated himself, and we both looked at it through the smoke ...

— The Deluge • David Graham Phillips

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