package English · revision 5171

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1540|origins=en pack, en -age}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈpæk.ɪdʒ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|en|pack|-age]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) or from the related Dutch pakkage “baggage”, which MWU gives as the probable source,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) itself formed on the model of bagage.^(MWU 2024) It is related to [[pack]] and [[baggage]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The packing of goods, or the way goods are packed: 1540 in the OED, the 1530s in Etymonline, about 1540 in MWU.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) Barnhart has it in Cotgrave's dictionary in 1611.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Things packed together, a cargo, is from 1669 and is obsolete.^(OED 1989) The main modern sense, a bundle or parcel, is from 1722.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) A set of acts in a variety show or on television is from 1931,^(OED 1989) and a ''package deal'', a transaction agreed to as a whole, from 1952.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) The verb, to make into a package, is from 1915 in Etymonline, 1928 in the OED and Barnhart.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1540 – the packing of goods.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1722 – a parcel.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1915 – verb.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1931 – a set of acts in a show.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1952 – ''package deal''.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An object or objects wrapped in paper or packed in a box; a [[parcel]].^(AHD)^(COED 2004)

+ # A box or container in which goods are sold.^(AHD)^(COED 2004)

+ # A set of things offered or agreed together: ''a pay package''.^(AHD)^(COED 2004)

+ # ''(computing)'' A set of programs sold together.^(COED 2004)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To put into a package.^(AHD)^(COED 2004)

+ # To present something or someone in an attractive way, as for sale.^(COED 2004)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[packager]]

+ * [[packageable]]

+ * [[subpackage]]

+ * [[mispackage]]

+ * [[prepackage]]

+ * [[repackage]]

+ * [[care package]]

+ * [[package deal]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pack]]

+ * [[packet]]

+ * [[baggage]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}