whole package
English
Noun
whole package (plural whole packages)
- (usually with the) All the elements constituting a whole or occurring as a unit.
- 2003, Ronald Beiner, Liberalism, nationalism, citizenship: essays on the problem of political community, →ISBN:
- What MacIntyre therefore rejects is the whole package, namely a growth economy managed by the state, with occasional corrections with welfare, and so on.
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- (usually with the) Something or someone that possesses a full set of relevant characteristics, usually desirable ones.
- (Can we date this quote?), C. Colston Burrell, Judith Knott Tyler, Hellebores: a comprehensive guide, →ISBN, page 17:
- For us, they are the whole package—fantastic foliage, precocious bloom, and beautiful flowers. In short, elegant simplicity.
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See also
- real deal
- for a list of other "whole ___" terms that mean "everything / the whole thing", see the whole nine yards
- total package
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