package
(pækɪdʒ )
Word forms: packages , packaging , packaged
1. countable noun B1
A package is a small parcel.
I tore open the package.
...a package addressed to Miss Claire Montgomery.
Synonyms: parcel, box, container, packet
2. countable noun B1 regional note: in BRIT, usually use packet
A package is a small container in which a quantity of something is sold. Packages are either small boxes made of thin cardboard, or bags or envelopes made of paper or plastic. [mainly US]
...a package of doughnuts. [+ of]
It is listed among the ingredients on the package.
3. countable noun
A package is a set of proposals that are made by a government or organization and which must be accepted or rejected as a group.
...a package of measures aimed at improving child welfare. [+ of]
They put together an economic aid package.
4. verb [usually passive]
When a product is packaged, it is put into containers to be sold.
The beans are then ground and packaged for sale as ground coffee. [be VERB-ed]
Packaged foods have to show a list of ingredients. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: pack, box, wrap up, parcel (up)
5. verb [usually passive]
If something is packaged in a particular way, it is presented or advertised in that way in order to make it seem attractive or interesting.
A city has to be packaged properly to be attractive to tourists. [be VERB-ed]
...entertainment packaged as information. [be VERB-ed + as]
Synonyms: promote, advertise, publicize, present
6. countable noun [usually NOUN noun] B2
A package tour, or in British English a package holiday, is a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and your accommodation are booked for you.
If you are on a package holiday, your travel company's rep should act on your behalf.
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Collocations:
food packaging package of reforms package price pay package propose a package recovery package relief package rescue package retirement package spa package spending package standard package stimulus package suspicious package total package travel package two-night package weekend package wrapped package
The same property means it has many other applications, including grease-resistant food packaging such as pizza boxes, stain-resistant fabrics and shampoos and conditioners.
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We get aluminium from cooking utensils and food packaging, including aluminium foil.
The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
With operations across the globe, the company makes and distributes food packaging, plastic containers and speciality products such as litter and recycling bins.
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Within weeks, residents complained of increased litter in the area and dog waste bins crammed with takeaway food packaging.
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The proposals were part of a package of reforms put forward for consultation.
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Ministers hope that an outline package of reforms can be thrashed out by the end of the year.
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The proposal provided the centrepiece for a package of reforms designed to show that ministers were desperate to revive economic growth.
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The watchdog says that the pay rise will not cost the taxpayer 'a penny more' because it forms part of a wider package of reforms.
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There must be an accompanying package of reforms that includes a decent basic state pension and the abandonment of means testing in retirement.
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However, this may not last long: in more good news for travellers, there are signs of a package price war on the way.
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The same advice - check package price and resort costs - applies when looking at long-haul destinations too.
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However, she was angry to discover that she would have to pay an extra fee equivalent to 8.6% of the package price.
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All meals are paid for in your package price, and you can opt to dine in style in your own cabin.
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This private tour costs 60pp on top of the package price.
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The award meant that his overall pay package in 2012 was almost 300,000 — more than twice the salary of the prime minister.
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But he has undone some of the good work by taking a first-year pay package of up to 10.2 million.
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The board also said that it would advise against giving him the variable part of his pay package for last year, which amounts to €224,000.
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His pay package did, however, include 278,000 as a three-year incentive plan matured.
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His pay package rose from 260,000 in 2003 to 1.45 million last year.
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We have proposed a package of measures, including a new targeted tax credit for these businesses, so that they have a chance to compete.
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The pilots had proposed a package that would have saved ¤33 million a year.
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The regulator proposed a package of remedies in an attempt to improve value.
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It suggests this month's economic recovery package has done little to improve election chances.
The Sun
Things are bad - but they will get better, and his recovery package may turn the economy round faster than we might think.
The Sun
The cash has been made available under a ¤5 billion economic recovery package unveiled last week.
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Copper, though enduring its worst month in more than a year, recovered somewhat after renewed optimism about an economic recovery package.
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He accepted his tactic of spending billions on a recovery package had been unpopular.
The Sun
He said he would fund the measure by repealing a business tax cut introduced as part of the relief package.
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Thirty million small businesses that employ sixty million workers cannot all be serviced by the $340bn fund contained in the relief package.
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Many other people, including the self-employed, have applied for universal credit because they do not qualify for the relief package.
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His 37.5 billion rupee (440 million) relief package has yet to make a real difference.
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It took several days for any sort of policy response to emerge and the announced 5 million relief package amounts to only 0.2 per cent of the government's daily expenditure.
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The multi-billion-pound rescue package will push the government accounts further into the red - borrowing could rise to 120 billion over the next two years.
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A rescue package might reach as much as €80 billion (70 billion).
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His 500 billion rescue package was also tied in part to limits on boardroom pay for the companies concerned.
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You have to have a rescue package that's tough on the banks-we've had the most lenient, overly-generous bailout in history.
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What will the latest rescue package do for borrowers?
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It takes their total retirement package to 26,000 — the average national salary — for a current wage of 29,000 a year.
The Sun
He said he had been offered a retirement package worth 100,000-plus, which was withdrawn suddenly as the row over relaxed border controls was about to become public.
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Instead, a special meeting of the board was held to discuss the pastor's retirement at the end of 2006, his retirement package approved by the board totaling $21,000.
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They say that their retirement package compares unfavourably with senior civil servants.
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Politicians are renegotiating their retirement package ahead of changes to tax laws.
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A summer spa package costs 123pp a night and includes buffet breakfast, dinner, access to the spa and a 25-minute treatment.
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A spa package, consisting of two nights' accommodation, breakfast, one dinner, a body treatment and facial, costs from 380 per person.
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It costs from 538, with half-board for five nights and the use of the hotel's large indoor pool, sauna, fitness facilities and a spa package.
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Four years ago, the 31-year-old events manager won her first spa package and hasn't looked back.
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Double rooms are available from 244, half-board; a three-night autumn glacier skiing and spa package starts at 558pp (based on two sharing).
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The central bank has now endorsed a $586 billion (382 billion) spending package to stimulate the economy.
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The tax cuts and spending package in tomorrow's pre-budget report will provide a short-term boost to the economy, but there are much deeper problems to be addressed.
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So far he has announced the biggest peacetime spending package on record, a £190 billion stimulus package to rescue the economy from the impact of the coronavirus.
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Government economists expect that the tax reforms and a recently agreed spending package will create a $873 billion budget deficit this year, compared with a $666 billion deficit last year.
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Gilt futures eased after stock markets rallied amid hopes that central banks will initiate further stimulus spending packages to support stuttering economic recovery.
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With 02's standard package for normal phones, however, you get the same number of calls and texts for 25 - 10 a month less.
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Maybe we're living in such an incredibly, ludicrously, politically correct world that perhaps we all have to visit with that sort of standard package.
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This makes use of these packages difficult even for those in countries where no such laws are broken, since these packages are generally not carried in standard package repositories.
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Standard packages will include flights, transfers, hotel, three meals a day and unlimited local drinks.
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Clients will be automatically 'rolled over' to costlier standard packages.
The Sun
They point out that the stimulus package unveiled last month contained relatively little new money and was focused mainly on infrastructure spending.
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And no, the economic data do not suggest that the president's stimulus package has failed.
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One contributory factor has been the unintended side effects of a stimulus package.
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He can fund a stimulus package by doing those cuts immediately.
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Had he done so, he might have made a virtue of the $800 billion stimulus package that was his first legislative achievement.
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Inside the suspicious package had been $24,000 in cash.
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Locals raised the alarm after noticing a foul smell coming from the suspicious package.
The Sun
Days later, a suspicious package arrived at her desk.
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The police warned him that they had found a suspicious package in the crush bar and insisted the gala be stopped and the theatre evacuated.
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We're not looking for a suspicious package!
The Sun
The payout meant that his total package hit 8.1 million in his final year.
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Both visually and, more surprisingly, from a driving point of view, it now feels like the total package.
The Sun
Shareholders have also been focusing on base pay, where relatively modest increases can have a big impact on the value of a director's total package.
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A total package of £60m will be enough to get the deal over the line.
The Sun
Bonuses brought his total package to around 2m.
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There are four travel package options to see the violinist and conductor perform in his hometown.
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It's the ultimate travel package - two bottles of serum offering a collaborative approach to skincare.
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They have travel packages including accommodation, transport and tickets.
The Sun
We're having difficulty finding ferry companies and travel packages.
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The launch of travel packages and ticket sales are believed to have been put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Prices for the two-night package are from 218.50 a person.
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The two-night package costs 270 per person, including breakfast and all cycling activities.
The Sun
Available year-round, the two-night package costs 270pp sharing a double room with breakfast.
The Sun
Rates start at 127.50 per night for a two-night package, including breakfast both days and one dinner.
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A two-night package, including dinner at the restaurant, starts at 530 for two.
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Many are throwing in add-on weekend packages for executives and their spouses to ease the hardship of being on the road.
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Two-night weekend packages with a double room with breakfasts, one lunch, and one dinner are from about 300pp.
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It can tailor a trip to your specification or you can tag along on one of its regular rides, and there are weekend packages available for the more leathery-buttocked enthusiast.
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Surf-and-stay weekend packages are also available.
The Sun
I pick up a wrapped package from a shelf and switch on the music.
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Today, you can get everything online and have a beautifully wrapped package land discreetly on your doorstep to enjoy.
The Sun
I made to open the beautifully wrapped package, flattered that she'd gone to so much trouble.
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In one hand she holds a wrapped package of newly purchased items.
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According to local tradition, an anonymous pilgrim arrived in 1508 with the cloth inside a wrapped package.
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Translations:
Chinese: 包裹, 包装产品
Japanese: 小包, 箱詰めする