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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Package" Quotes from Famous Books

... people is, Don't stay at home any more than you can help; but when you have GOT to stay at home a while, buy a package of those insurance tickets and sit up nights. You cannot be ...

— The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories • Mark Twain

... zoo—our party included four or five Americans, a Greek, an Italian, a diminutive Spaniard, and a tall, preoccupied Swede—under the direction of some hapless officer of the General Staff. For a week, perhaps, you go hurtling through a closely articulated programme almost as personally helpless as a package in a pneumatic tube—night expresses, racing military motors, snap-shots at this and that, down a bewildering vista of long gray capes, heel clickings, stiff bows from the waist, and military salutes. ...

— Antwerp to Gallipoli - A Year of the War on Many Fronts--and Behind Them • Arthur Ruhl

... cane, superintended the package of his goods and chattels under the hands of Mr. Frosch, and the Slavey burned such of his papers as he did not care to keep; flung open doors and closets until they were all empty; and now all boxes and chests were closed, except his desk, which was ready to receive the final ...

— The History of Pendennis, Vol. 2 - His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy • William Makepeace Thackeray

... in arriving, but at last it came. All morning the boys kept close under cover of the training-house. Some one sent them a package of placards. These were round, in the shape of baseballs. They were in the college colors, the background of which was a bright red, and across this had been printed in white the words: "Peg ...

— The Young Pitcher • Zane Grey

... each. As soon as they can be taken out of the press, I'll send you a few specimens of each kind with a number attached so that you may identify them. Take care that you do not displace the numbers in opening the package. Should you want more of any particular kind let me know; also whether Schimper wishes for any. . .At Neuchatel I had the good fortune to find at least thirty specimens of Bombinator obstetricans with the eggs. Tell Dr. Leuckart that I will bring him ...

— Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence • Louis Agassiz

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