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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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  package
       n 1: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: {bundle},
             {packet}, {parcel}]
       2: a wrapped container [syn: {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"
          [syn: {software}, {software system}, {software package}]
          [ant: {hardware}]
       v : put into a box; "box the gift, please" [syn: {box}] [ant: {unbox}]

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