Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - package

(packages, packaging, packaged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A package is a small parcel. I tore open the package. ...a package addressed to Miss Claire Montgomery. N-COUNT 2. 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 AM; in BRIT, usually use packet) ...a package of doughnuts... It is listed among the ingredients on the package. N-COUNT 3. 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. The government has announced a package of measures to help the British film industry... N-COUNT 4. 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... Packaged foods have to show a list of ingredients. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed 5. 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. ...entertainment packaged as information. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, be V-ed as n 6. 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. N-COUNT: usu N n