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Package   /pˈækədʒ/  /pˈækɪdʒ/   Listen
noun
Package  n.  
1.
Act or process of packing.
2.
A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods.
3.
A charge made for packing goods.
4.
A duty formerly charged in the port of London on goods imported or exported by aliens, or by denizens who were the sons of aliens.





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"Package" Quotes from Famous Books



... captain must be informed of this, and the package shall be thrown overboard. I don't want ...
— The Survivors of the Chancellor • Jules Verne
... out to the edge of the declivity. They clung to it here and there with their hands while they felt for a foothold among the banks of gravel. Suddenly, Ida slipped and clutched at Weston. Her hand fell upon the package of provisions that he had slung behind his shoulders with a strip of deerhide, and, for she was of full stature and not particularly slender, it broke away. Then there was a roar of sliding stones, and Weston, dropping on his knees, flung an arm about the girl. She fell as he did it, and ...
— The Gold Trail • Harold Bindloss
... didn't hurt the bunny," observed Jan. "But you've hurt grandma's soda. Is there any left, Ted?" she asked, as her brother got out of the wagon to pick up the broken package. ...
— The Curlytops on Star Island - or Camping out with Grandpa • Howard R. Garis
... life, there must be clothing, literature, perhaps travel and hospitality, making nearly as much more; and to crown it, there must be the single woman's favorite lecturer or prima donna; for ah! we too, in some form, must have our cigars and champagne. A round thousand a year for ever so small a package of humanity! ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 • Various
... says Mr. Robert after lunch next day, as he gazes first at a big package a special messenger has just left, and then at a note which comes with it. "'The Palisades at ...
— On With Torchy • Sewell Ford


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