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