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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As with Oklahoma and Arbuckle, Utah is getting a package deal with Beck. Ralph D. Russo, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025 For Black people, genius, success, and trauma are far too often a package deal. Naima Cochrane, VIBE.com, 23 Jan. 2025 But with this week’s Golden Globe nominations, the two were no longer a package deal. Nate Jones, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2024 The shows were originally offered as part of Playhouse on Park’s season subscription package but later moved from that package deal and made to be stand-alone events. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for package deal

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1948, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
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 3 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

package deal

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