package deal

noun

1. Also called package plan. an agreement in which the buyer pays a stipulated price for a group of related products or services:

   a package deal from a book club.

2. the products or services included in such an agreement:

   We got a package deal of room, meals, automobile, and guide at the resort hotel.

3. an agreement or plan in which the approval of one element is contingent upon the approval of all the others:

   The union wanted management to approve a package deal increasing wages, retirement benefits, and the number of paid holidays.

Word History and Origins

Origin of package deal¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

With his father on the way to becoming the winningest coach in school history, it seemed inevitable that any future trip to Pasadena would come as part of a package deal.

From Los Angeles Times

“The venue and in-house catering were the most expensive, but it was a package deal so I don’t regret buying it. It made everything so much easier.”

From Los Angeles Times

Catering, which was $20,000 plus $6,600 for the venue as part of a package deal.

From Los Angeles Times

Add to that a $3.3 million package deal for the film rights for “Drowning,” along with an executive producer fee with $1.5 million paid on signing.

From Los Angeles Times

The mosques, hospitals and schools were part of a package deal that included the establishment of Hamas and then its military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, along with strict gender segregation, mandatory hijab for women and other conservative principles understood to come from the Quran.

From Salon