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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
package
pack·age [package packages packaged packaging] noun, verb BrE [ˈpækɪdʒ] NAmE [ˈpækɪdʒ]
noun
1. (especially NAmE) = ↑parcel
• A large package has arrived for you.
compare ↑pack
2. (NAmE)a box, bag, etc. in which things are wrapped or packed; the contents of a box etc
• Check the list of ingredients on the side of the package.
•a package of hamburger buns
compare ↑packet
3. (also ˈpackage deal)a set of items or ideas that must be bought or accepted together
•a benefits package
•an aid package
•a package of measures to help small businesses
4. (also ˈsoftware package) (computing)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.
Example Bank:
•I sent the books in one big package.
•Police destroyed the suspect package in a controlled explosion.
•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 comprehensive benefits package
•a jobs package aimed at helping the unemployed
•a package of cookies/meat
•a package of measures to assist industry
•an integrated business software package
•the measures included in the package
•word processing and database software in one package
verb often passive
1. to put sth into a box, bag, etc. to be sold or transported
•~ sth packaged food/goods
• We package our products in recyclable materials.
•~ sth up The orders were already packaged up, ready to be sent.
2. ~ sb/sth (as sth) to present sb/sth in a particular way
•politicians who are packaged and presented to the public
•an attempt to package news as entertainment
Verb forms: 
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.
Example Bank:
•The books were all packaged up and ready to be sent out.
•The glasses had been carefully packaged for the journey to England.
•Our products are packaged in recyclable materials.
See also: ↑software package
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