Package

Definition: Package

Package

Noun

1. A collection of things wrapped or boxed together.

2. A wrapped container.

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".

Verb

1. Put into a box; "box the gift, please".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "package" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references)

Aerospace

Business

Chemistry

Computing

Electrical Engineering

Math

Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Package

Assemblage

Group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil; set, batch, lot, pack; budget, assortment, bunch; parcel; packet, package; bundle, fascine, fasces, bale; seron, seroon; fagot, wisp, truss, tuft; shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook.

Location

Noun: location, localization; lodgment; deposition, reposition; stowage, package; collocation; packing, lading; establishment, settlement, installation; fixation; insertion.

Crosswords: Package

Tight little package affirmative (There's Something About Mary; writing credit: Ed Decter; John J. Strauss)

You are a package. (Curly Top; writing credit: Arthur J. Beckhard; Patterson McNutt)

Some Terrorists decided to send a little care package. box of goodies (The Rock; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook)

Listen, stupe. The first week I was in this joint, somebody stole my Red Cross package, my blanket, and my left shoe (Stalag 17; writing credit: Donald Bevan; Edmund Trzcinski)

If the package is this pretty, no one cares what's inside (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

You are an engineer if you use a CAD package to design your son's Pine Wood Derby car. (references; author: unknown)

You know how most packages say "open here"? What is the protocol if the package says "open somewhere else"? (references; author: unknown)

The Pink Package Plot (1968)

Your Surprise Package (1961)

The Mysterious Package (1960)

Pluto's Surprise Package (1949)

Package for Jasper (1944)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Introduction to Database Systems, An: Relational Model Value Package (reference)

• The Technique of Orchestration and CD Recording Package (6th Edition) (reference)

• Chemical Restructuring of Overly Curly Hair Package (reference)

• Joy of Tex: A Gourmet Guide to Typesetting With the Ams-Tex MacRo Package (reference)

• Acetates Package (Includes Pamphlet) to Acc Business Law for a New Century (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Aluminum Association - Package One (reference)

• American Medical Association Coders Professional Package (reference)

• Bre Professional Development Package (reference)

• Building Cost Guide Package - Us Ed (reference)

• Coaches Choice Premium Package Men (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Package (reference)

• Lifetime of Better Golf Video Package (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Star Wars, A New Hope: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Slimline Package) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• The Empire Strikes Back: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Slimline Package) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• The Ultimate Collection (Dlx Package) [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• IClick Education Package (reference)

• Olympus Camedia D-370 1.2MP Digital Camera Value Package (reference)

• PNY 256MB Sodimm Pc100 144pin Sdramretail Package (reference)

• Diskeeper 6.0 Small Business Package Server 1 License Workstation 5 (reference)

• Listpro Professional Package for Pocket PC 3.0 [DOWNLOAD] (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Ottomanelli's Meal Package, Selection Nine (reference)

• Occidental Leather 9500 Pro-Framer Adjustable Belt Package (reference)

• Hitachi M12V 3-1/4 HP Super Duty Electronic Variable Speed 1/2" Plunge Router with Accessory Package and Height Adjustment Knob over an $84.00 Value (reference)

• Occidental Leather 1016L Oxy Reds Cordura Belt Package (L) (reference)

• Hoover Type Z Allergen Vacuum Cleaner Replacement Bags, Package of 3 (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

(4) color slides show different types of candy. (1) group of four gummy bears, (1) group of two gum drops, (1) package of M & M's next to a few single M & M's, (1) three single M & M's. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

(1) color slide shows an open package of two granola bars (Quaker oats brand). Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package. Credit: NASA.

Project Mercury Retro and Posigrade Package. Credit: NASA.

ARGO shipboard electronics package On PEIRCE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Testing moored instrument package for GATE Project Operations on NOAA Ship WHITING. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Meteorological balloon with instrument package swinging below at McMurdo Station. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A hydrodynamically designed towed instrument package with a sense of humor. Credit: Fisheries.

The instrument package being launched by the balloon is shown above the sailors. In: "From the Surface to the Bottom of the Sea" by H. Bouree, 1912, Fig. 26, p. 33. Library Call Number 525.8 B77. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Diane Perasso demonstrates new capabilities of the Theater Battle Management Core Systems software package for Gen. Lester Lyles, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, and others after the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the experimental combined aerospace.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

On the transfer of the archives to Halifax, this package, proving to be of no public concern, was left behind, and had remained ever since unopened

He threw into the fire a package of notes which he held against needy small traders

A package of carrot seeds and a few turnips

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Ask your pharmacist for the package insert for each drug prescribed. (references)

The food to be irradiated will often already be in its final package. (references)

Always follow the directions provided by your physician or the directions on the package insert. (references)

Business

In a label adhered to the product, container or package. (references)

The latter purchase capacity in order to package and resell. (references)

Package wastewater plants will be needed at public and private hospitals. (references)

Children

Malaysia

Forty schools have asked to use the materials, and the NGO hopes the Ministry of Education will to introduce the package into the curriculum of all primary schools. (references)

Malaysia

In July a women's NGO began promoting an education package about child sexual abuse. (references)

Civil Liberties

Argentina

On March 28, Carlos Abrehu, editor of daily La Gaceta of Tucuman province, received a package containing a hand grenade and a note. (references)

Economic History

Ireland

As a result, some 60% of all PC package software sold in Europe each year is manufactured in Ireland. (references)

Lebanon

Incentives include (a) facilitating issuance of permits for foreign labor; (b) allowing introduction of tailor-made incentives through package deals (for large investments projects); and (c) exempting companies that list 40 percent of their shares on the Beirut Stock Exchange from income tax for two years. (references)

Kenya

The government adopted a package of significant political reforms prior to the December 1997 general election, and in early 1999 began a process of constitutional reform, a process that in 2001 has stalled due to disagreement by stakeholders on how to proceed. (references)

Human Rights

Ukraine

The court reorganization necessitated by the July amendment package requires more funds than were allotted in the budget and observers believe that significant additional funding is needed to modernize the court system in general and to provide the courts with adequate facilities and equipment. (references)

Barbados

In 2000 Parliament approved a package of new legislation intended to strengthen the powers of law enforcement officials. (references)

Brazil

In September 2000, Jose Eduardo do Bernardes da Silva, a member of Amnesty International, and Roberto de Jesus, president of the Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Pride Association, both received bombs in the mail with swastikas and the word "revenge" printed on the package. (references)

Indigenous People

Bangladesh

The terms of the 1997 pact provided for a strong local government, consisting of mostly tribal representatives, including the chairperson; reduction of the military presence in the CHT region; and a substantial compensation package for displaced tribal families. (references)

Guatemala

Included in the package is the Popol Vuh, a primer on Mayan cosmology. (references)

Minorities

Sri Lanka

In 1996 the Government established a parliamentary select committee to consider a package of constitutional reforms designed to devolve wide-ranging powers to local governments, thereby providing ethnic minorities greater autonomy in governing their local affairs. (references)

Political Economy

HUNGARY

In 1997, Hungary eliminated an import surcharge imposed as part of the March 1995 austerity package. (references)

Bulgaria

He promised continuity in foreign policy, a significant improvement in living standards within 800 days, an economic package designed to attract foreign investment and stimulate growth, and zero tolerance for corruption. (references)

Guinea

In FY 2001 USAID granted a five-million USD assistance package to promote sustainable development and protection of natural resources, which have been overexploited due to the influx of refugees from neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone. (references)

Political Rights

Guatemala

In 1999 in a national referendum, voters rejected the entire package of 50 constitutional reforms approved by Congress in 1998, dealing a significant blow to the peace process. (references)

Cameroon

At polling places on election day, registered citizens receive a package containing one card for each candidate. (references)

Trade

Mexico

The common feature of most labeling requirements is that package labels must carry commercial information in Spanish. (references)

Travel

Thailand

For electronic communications, Thailand provides three main solutions for temporary Internet access . First, purchasing an Internet package from a local ISP in prepaid amounts for anywhere from 10 to 50 hours . Second, cyber-cafés, which are located throughout Bangkok and in major provinces . Third, Internet access provided in high-end hotels catering to business travelers . Internet access and high-speed Internet service has been provided while wireless Internet connectivity will soon be offered in luxury hotel rooms. (references)

Taiwan

Many operators have offered preferential rates or package sales. (references)

Barbados

Many U.S.-based courier and package delivery services operate in Barbados, and the Barbados Post Office has an express delivery service that guarantees delivery within 48 hours. (references)

Women

United Kingdom

The study estimated the true number of rapes and assaults at between 118,000 and 295,000. The study was released as part of a package of government grants and projects aimed at improving the conviction rate for rape and providing women with better protection against domestic violence. (references)

Worker Rights

Czech Republic

During the year, a school curriculum package was introduced in schools across the country to educate minors about trafficking. (references)

Barbados

In the interim, in keeping with promises made by the then-Attorney General, Parliament approved an allowance package for certain ranks of the police force. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "package": air express package ♦ algebraic Manipulation Package ♦ binary package ♦ Columbia AppleTalk Package ♦ communications package ♦ definition package ♦ display package ♦ dual inline package switch ♦ fiscal package ♦ graph Algorithm and Software Package ♦ graphic animation package ♦ intent to Package ♦ interprocessor communications package ♦ kernel User Interface Package ♦ large package ♦ package animal ♦ package boat ♦ package deal ♦ package dimension ♦ package dimension limitation ♦ package freight ♦ package holiday ♦ package offer ♦ package pin count ♦ package solution ♦ package store ♦ package tour ♦ package type identification ♦ program package ♦ salary package ♦ single Edge Processor Package ♦ single Inline Pin Package ♦ software package ♦ source package ♦ statistical Package for the Social Sciences ♦ tax package ♦ Tool Package ♦ transparent package ♦ window package. Additional references.

Beginning with "package": package-bleaching, package-deal, package-dyeing, package-holiday, package-tour.

Ending with "package": in-package.

Afrikaans

pak (pack, wrap, wrap up). (various references)

Albanian

pako (bundle, carton, pack, packet, parcel, ream, roll), paketoj (do up, pack, parcel), paketë (batch, carton, packet), deng (bale, bundle, pack, truss), ambalazhoj (case, encase, pack, wrap, wrap up), ambalazh (covering, packaging, wrap). (various references)

Arabic 

‏سلسلة من الإجراءات, ‏عملية تجارية (bargain, deal, transaction), ‏طرد بريدي, ‏صفقة (bargain, buy, cuff, deal, purchase, transaction, turn), ‏صرة (bundle, purse), ‏التفافية (convolution), ‏رزمة (bundle, pack, parcel), ‏رزم (bale, bundle, pack, packing, parcel, wrap up). (various references)

Bulgarian 

цялостна програма за театър, контейнер (container, receptacle), вързоп (bundle, pack, packet, truss), опаковка (casing, encasement, packing, wrap, wrapping), опаковане (casing-in, packing), бала (bale, pack), пакетче (packet), пакетиране (packing), пакет (bundle, pack, packet, parcel), денк (bale, holdall, pack). (various references)

Chinese 

包裹 (bind up, bundle, wrap up). (various references)

Czech

zabalit (do up, enfold, envelop, enwrap, involve, make up, pack, pack up, parcel up, turn in, wrap, wrap up), soubor (body, company, complex, ensemble, file, set, suite, syllabus), dát do balíku, balík (block, bumpkin, bundle, Hick, pack, packet), balíèek (pack, packet, parcel). (various references)

Danish

pakke (pack, packet, parcel, wrap up), indpakke (pack, wrap up). (various references)

Dutch

verpakken (pack, wrap, wrap up), pakken (captivate, capture, catch, clutch, get, grapple, lay hold of, pack, pick up, take, wrap up), inpakken (pack, wrap up). (various references)

Esperanto

sendaĵero (bag, bale, barrel), enpaki (pack, wrap up). (various references)

Farsi 

قوطی (Box, Can, Canister), عدل بندی , بسته بندی کردن (Pack, Packet, Parcel, Wrap), بسته (Barred, Bundle, Packet, Parcel, Shog, Shut, Stack, Wisp). (various references)

Finnish

pakkaus (packing), paketti (packet, parcel, small package). (various references)

French

progiciel (software package), paquet (pack, packet, parcel), emballer (pack, pack up, parcel), emballage (packaging, packing, parceling), colis (packet, parcel), boitier. (various references)

Frisian

ynpakke (pack, wrap up). (various references)

German

zusammenpacken (collect up, make up, pack in, pack up, to pack up), verpackung (baggage, luggage, packages, packaging, packing, wrapper, wrapping), verpacken (bag, box, pack, packing, wrap, wrap up), paket (bundle, dossier, pack, packet, packets, parcel, pile, stack), Packung (ballast, box, compress, gasket, pack, packet, pitching, poultice), packen (bundle, catch, clench, enthrall, go about, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, heap, make up, manage, pack, pack up, packing, pile, seize, stack, Stow, thrill, to pack, wrap up). (various references)

Greek 

συσκευασία (doing up, packaging, packing, preparation), πακέτο (pack, packet, parcel), δέμα (bundle, pack, packet, parcel). (various references)

Hebrew 

חבילה (bundle, pack, parcel, sheaf, wad, wisp). (various references)

Hungarian

csomag (baggage, bundle, deck, kit, luggage, pack, packet, parcel, swathe). (various references)

Indonesian

bungkusan (encasement, packing, parcel), bungkus (casing, hull, pack, parcel, wrapper), bestelan (an order). (various references)

Italian

pacchetto (column, pack, packet, pact, parcel, parcels, small parcel), imballaggio (boxing, pack, packaging, packing), pacco (carton, pack, packet, parcel), confezione (confection, dressmaking, making, manufacture, packing, tailoring, wrapping), collo (cervical, collar, neck, neckband). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

包み物 (bundle), 包み (bale, bundle, parcel), パチンコ台 (glassed-over arcade, pachinkomachine, pack, package media, package program, package tour, packaging, Packard, packing, pad, paddle, paddling, paddock, Panama, Panamax, Panasert hole, panavision, pap, passage, passenger, passing, passion, passionate, passive, passive smoking, passive solar house, passive sonar, pat, patch, patch test, patchwork, pate, patent, pathos, patio, patriotism, patrol, patrol car, patron, patting, priest, puck, putt, putting, putting green, putty, rotating warning light similar to the one on a "patokaa."), 小荷物 (parcel), 小包み　 (parcel), 小包み (parcel), 小包 (parcel), 実装 (implementation, insertion, mounting). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

パッケージ , つつみもの (bundle), つつみ (bale, bank, bundle, dike, embankment, parcel), こづつみ (parcel), こにもつ (parcel), じっそう (implementation, insertion, mounting, real state of affairs, reality). (various references)

Korean 

포장 (packaging, Wrap). (various references)

Manx

mynjeig (parcel), bundeil (bale, bundle, pack). (various references)

Papiamen

paketá (pack, wrap up), empaketá (pack, wrap up). (various references)

Pig Latin

ackagepay.(various references)

Portuguese

pacote (bundle, pack, packet, parcel), fardo (bundle, burden, fardel, freight, pack, parcel, tax, truss, weight), embalagem (container, pack, packaging, packing, wrapping). (various references)

Romanian

pachet (bale, batch, budget, bundle, pack, packet, parcel, sheaf), legare (association, attachment, binding, bookbinding, coupling), cutie (box, cabinet, case, casket, cover, drawer, pillbox, socket), colet (parcel), balotare, ambalaj (pack, wrapper, wrapping), împachetare (boxing, pack, packing), împacheta (bale, do up, encase, pack, packet, wrap, wrap up). (various references)

Russian 

упаковывать пакет пакетный, упаковка (encasement, pack, packing), сверток (clot, parcel, roll), место багажа, посылка (parcel, premise), пакет (batch, convolute, pack, packet, parcel, pkg). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pošiljka (parcel, remittance), paket (bale, bundle, packet, parcel). (various references)

Spanish

empacar (bale, pack, wrap up), embalaje (boxing, packaging, packing), paquete de programas (software package), paquete (Dandy, gift, joke, lump, outstanding person, pack, packet, paper, parcel, task, trick, truss), envolver (blanket, cocoon, cover, do up, encircle, enfold, envelop, implicate, imply, involve, lap, mantle, muffle, muffle up, pack, pack up, paper, parcel, shroud, surround, swaddle, swathe, tie up, whip, wind, wrap, wrap up, wreathe), envase (bottle, bottling, can, Canning, container, dummy, empty, enclosure, pack, packaging, packing, wrapping), empaquetar (bag, envelop, mothball, pack, pack up, packet, parcel, wrap). (various references)

Swedish

paket (pack, packet, parcel, parcels), bal (bale, ball, dance, pack, promenade), kolli (parcel, vegetable), förpackning (pack, packaging, packing). (various references)

Turkish

paketlemek (do up, enfold, infold, pack, pack up, packet, wrap, wrap up), paket program, paket (cover, pack, packet, parcel, takeaway, takeout), koli (parcel, post-packet), bohça (bundle, fardel, pack, packet), ambalajlamak (pack, packet, wrap up). (various references)

Turkmen 

pedelemek, gap (box, vessel). (various references)

Ukrainian

робити паки, контейнер (carrier, cask, casket, container), мито з товарних пакунків, пакувати (pack), пакування (packaging, packing), пакунок (parcel, wrappage), пака (bale, pack). (various references)

Vietnamese 

kiện hàng, gói đồ. (various references)

Welsh

pecyn (packet), sypyn (bale, batch, packet). (various references)

kilib. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "package": packaged, packager, packagers, packages. (additional references)

Words ending with "package": mispackage, overpackage, prepackage, repackage. (additional references)

Words containing "package": mispackaged, mispackages, overpackaged, overpackages, prepackaged, prepackages, repackaged, repackager, repackagers, repackages. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Package" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Mackavey, pacage, Pacare, packa, packacge, packbag, packegs, Packie, packmate, pakage, pakkie, Pasikale, Puccaugg. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: agape, apace, apeak.

-3 letters: cage, cake, cape, gape, geck, kapa, paca, pace, pack, page, peag, peak, peck.

-4 letters: ace, aga, age, ape, cap, cep, gae, gap, kae, kea, keg, kep, pac, pea, pec, peg.

-5 letters: aa, ae, ag, ka, pa, pe.

+1 letter: packaged, packager, packages.

+2 letters: packagers, repackage.

+3 letters: mispackage, pacemaking, prepackage, repackaged, repackager, repackages.

+4 letters: meatpacking, mispackaged, mispackages, overpackage, pacemakings, peacemaking, prepackaged, prepackages, repackagers, repackaging.

+5 letters: backpedaling, meatpackings, overpackaged, overpackages, peacemakings, prepackaging, spacewalking.