package

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
noun a wrapped container
noun (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory

Equivalent to pack + -age. Possibly influenced by Anglo-Latin paccagium or Old French pacquage.

Money prize in every package! — Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant, Horatio, Jr. Alger
He gave Bart a package. — The Colors of Space, Marion Zimmer Bradley
Is there a package for me?" — Occasion ... for Disaster, Randall Garrett

bundle, packet, parcel

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