package deal

noun

1
: an offer or agreement involving a number of related items or one making acceptance of one item dependent on the acceptance of another
2
: the items offered in a package deal

Examples of package deal in a Sentence

They presented their proposals to the committee as a package deal.
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Tickets for this and other Phil productions go on sale Tuesday at 10 a.m. PT, after package deals for multiple shows previously went up for grabs. Greg Evans, Deadline, 5 May 2025 Akazawa said an agreement with the U.S. will have to be a package deal. Arkansas Online, 3 May 2025 For the most part, studios sold movies to TV networks and stations in large package deals. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025 Women’s March Madness rights, sold as part of a package deal, run through 2032. Haley Rosen, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for package deal

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1948, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of package deal was circa 1948

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“Package deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/package%20deal. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

package deal

noun
: an offer containing several items all or none of which must be accepted
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