packager

American  

[pak-uh-jer] / ˈpæk ə dʒər /

noun

1. a person or business firm that packages a product or merchandise for commercial sale.

   a soap packager.

2. a person or firm that creates and assembles a tour, television show, book, or other product and offers it for sale, use, exhibition, etc., in a completed form.

   a packager of European vacations; a packager of rock shows.

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packager British  

/ ˈpækɪdʒə /

noun

1. an independent firm specializing in design and production, as of illustrated books or television programmes which are sold to publishers or television companies as finished products

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Etymology

Origin of packager

First recorded in 1955–60; package + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The company touts itself on its website as the “premier manufacturer and packager of natural and processed bulk, shredded and sliced cheeses.”

From Los Angeles Times

Every time some smart Wall Street mortgage bond packager discovered another example of the rating agencies’ idiocy or neglect, he had himself an edge in the marketplace: Crappier pools of loans were cheaper to buy than less crappy pools.

From Literature

Smith had originally been hired to write the novel series by a book packager - who sold them to a publisher - under a deal where they, not she, owned the rights.

From BBC

She said the packager dropped her in 2011 and handed over her unpublished eighth instalment to an anonymous ghostwriter, who went on to publish two further Vampire Diaries books.

From BBC

He told the BBC that certain debt packager companies were "prioritising profit" by receiving referral fees for passing clients on to insolvency practitioners who then charge fees.

From BBC