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pre-ˈpackaged, a.
[pre- A. 1.]
Packaged on the site of production or before retail. Also fig. So pre-ˈpackaging vbl. n. Also pre-ˈpackage = pre-pack n.
1944R. E. Lee Television 179 Local stations will transmit pre-packaged variety shows. 1945Business Week 18 Aug. 91 An ill-timed effort to market prepackaged frozen meat. 1947Printers' Ink 3 Jan. 70 (heading) Produce marketers survey pre-packaging to stem competition from frozen foods. 1957Times 2 July (Agric. Suppl.) p. vii/2 The growing popularity of pre-packaged foods, of self-service shopping, of refrigerators. 1960News Chron. 22 Sept. 13/1 The pre-package industry was born. 1963Supermarket & Self-Service (Johannesburg) Nov./Dec. 9/1 Place a mass display of pre-packaged cheese on a dump table in the middle of a side aisle. 1965Wireless World July 345/2 (heading) Pre-packaged semiconductors for the retail market. 1966Rep. Comm. Inquiry Univ. Oxf. II. 470 To establish a system of required lectures would..place a disastrous emphasis on prepackaged instruction. 1976Times 1 May (Food Suppl.) p. iii/6 Prepackaging..has..been used for cuts of fresh meat. |