From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Package \Pack"age\ (p[a^]k"[asl]j; 48), noun
2. A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods.
3. A charge made for packing goods.
4. 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: {bundle}, {packet}, {parcel}]
2: a wrapped container [syn: {parcel}]
3: (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; "the market for software is expected to expand" [syn: {software}, {software system}, {software package}] [ant: {hardware}]
verb
1: put into a box; "box the gift, please" [syn: {box}] [ant: {unbox}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
160 Moby Thesaurus words for "package": A to Z, A to izzard, Anschluss, addition, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, agreement, all, all and sundry, alliance, alpha and omega, amalgamation, assemblage, assimilation, association, bag, bale, barrel, basket, be-all, be-all and end-all, beginning and end, bind up, bindle, blend, blending, bolt, bottle, bottling, bouquet, box, box up, boxing, budget, bundle, bundle up, cabal, can, canning, capsule, cartel, carton, case, cask, centralization, coalescence, coalition, combination, combine, combo, complement, composition, confederacy, confederation, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, container, containerize, coupled, crate, crating, deck, do up, each and every, ecumenism, embodiment, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encase, encasement, enclose, encompassment, encyst, enfold, enosis, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, everything, fagot, fardel, fasces, fascine, federalization, federation, fusion, hamper, hookup, include, inclusion, incorporate, incorporation, integration, invest, jar, junction, junta, lap, league, length and breadth, marriage, meld, melding, merger, nosegay, one and all, pack, package deal, packaging, packet, packing, parcel, posy, pot, quiver, roll, roll up, rouleau, sack, set, sheaf, sheathe, shroud, smother, solidification, surround, swaddle, swathe, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tank, the corpus, the ensemble, the entirety, the lot, the whole, the whole range, tie up, tie-up, tin, tinning, truss, truss up, unification, union, unit, unite, wedding, wrap, wrap about, wrap up
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