packages

Noun

package (countable and uncountable, plural packages)

1. Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
   • A dirty package was left in my home.
2. Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.
   • Did you test the software package to ensure completeness?
3. A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager.
4. (archaic, uncountable) The act of packing something.
   • for, it has often happened that, without any accident at ſea, heavy averages, owing to bad package and ſtowage only, have been demanded, and paid by inſurers1781, A Complete Digest of the Theory, Laws, and Practice of Insurance, page 106
5. Something resembling a package.
6. A package holiday.

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