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English Dictionary: package by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
package
n
  1. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: package, bundle, packet, parcel]
  2. a wrapped container
    Synonym(s): package, parcel
  3. (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; "the market for software is expected to expand"
    Synonym(s): software, software program, computer software, software system, software package, package
    Antonym(s): computer hardware, hardware
v
  1. put into a box; "box the gift, please" [syn: box, package]
    Antonym(s): unbox
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Package \Pack"age\, 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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