package deal

American  

noun

1. Also called package 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.

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Etymology

Origin of package deal

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Is there a way to convince Mark that Boo and I are a package deal?

From Literature

After all, the watch and I come as a package deal; anyone I would date would have to at least tolerate it.

From Slate

It’s supposed to be a package deal: “Moon to Mars.”

From Slate

That offseason, Montero was traded to Seattle as part of a blockbuster package deal that sent pitcher Michael Pineda to New York.

From Los Angeles Times

But as with Fritz back in the 1960s, Lindsey and Stevie were a package deal.

From Salon