Package ˈpækɪdʒ Rescue Pay Noun Large Arrived Check

• a large package has arrived for you.
• check the list of ingredients on the side of the package.
• a package of hamburger buns
• an aid/a rescue package

package

1. something that is wrapped in paper or put into a thick envelope so that it can be sent by mail, carried easily, or given as a present
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• A large package has arrived for you.

Extra Examples

• I sent the books in one big package.
• Police destroyed the suspect package in a controlled explosion.
2. a box, bag, etc. in which things are wrapped or packed; the contents of a box, etc.
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• Check the list of ingredients on the side of the package.
• a package of hamburger buns
3. a set of items or ideas that must be bought or accepted together
• an aid/a rescue package
• a $6.3 billion economic stimulus package
• a package of measures to help small businesses

Extra Examples

• The IMF has put together a rescue package for the country's faltering economy.
• The pay freeze forms part of a package of budget cuts.
• Under the reform package spending on health will increase.
• a jobs package aimed at helping the unemployed
4. the pay and other benefits that somebody gets from their employer
• Some CEOs received pay packages of over $10 million.
• a compensation/severance package
• The company tries to match the benefits packages offered by other employers.
5. a set of related programs for a particular type of task, sold and used as a single unit
• The system came with a database software package.

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting the action or mode of packing goods): from the verb pack + -age; compare with Anglo-Latin paccagium. The verb dates from the 1920s.