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▪ I. pre-ˈpack, v.
[pre- A. 1.]
trans. To pack or wrap (an article, usu. of food) on the site of production or before retail. Also fig. So ˈpre-packed ppl. a., pre-ˈpacking vbl. n. Also pre-ˈpacker.
1928Daily Express 23 Mar. 3/1 The public..would abandon bread altogether in favour of pre-packed foods, all of them comparatively expensive. 1931J. W. Wingate Man. Retail Terms xv. 344 Prepacking, merchandise packed by the store in advance of sale. 1952Times 6 Aug. 2/2 Describing the method of pre-packing butter in most machines, the report states that..the rate of delivery is between 60 and 80 packets a minute. 1957Times 2 July (Agric. Suppl.) p. v/4 These requirements..have done much to encourage prepacking on the farm in units ready for retail sale without further wrapping or weighing. 1962H. O. Beecheno Introd. Business Stud. ii. 14 Now we have the ability to pre-pack, preserve and store the vast majority of the goods available on the market. 1974‘E. Anthony’ Malaspiga Exit i. 14 The average pre-packed American beauty. 1976C. Bermant Coming Home ii. iii. 149 The reasoning seemed to be pre-packed and clogged with clichés and slogans. 1976Milton Keynes Express 23 July 23/3 (Advt.), Wholesale fruit and vegetable merchants and pre-packers of quality produce. 1977Oxf. Diocesan Mag. July 14/2 We have exciting new concepts of mission—no longer seeing the Church as going out with a prepacked Gospel to sell.
▪ II. ˈpre-pack, n.
[pre- A. 2.]
A container or wrapper in which an article (usu. of food) is enclosed on the site of production or before retail.
1957Daily Mail 26 Sept. 8/5 Business is growing so fast that the sale of pre-packs is expected to increase by 70,000,000 a year. 1973Times 1 Feb. 4/2 Prepacks containing ‘A’ grade eggs may be decorated with a red band. 1976Oxf. Consumer Mar. 8/2 Prepacks of biscuits and shortbread must be marked with their weights if they weigh more than 50g. |