bundle

pronunciation

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Noun:

a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
Verb:

make into a bundle
gather or cause to gather into a cluster
compress into a wad
sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed

Word Origin

bundle: bundle: [14] Etymologically, bundle is ‘that which binds or is bound’. Like band, bend, bind, and bond, it can be traced back ultimately to an Indo-European base *bhendh- ‘tie’. The Germanic base *bund-, derived from this, produced Old English byndelle ‘binding’. There is no direct evidence to link this with the much later bundle, although the similarities are striking. Alternatively, the source may be the related Middle Dutch bundel ‘collection of things tied together’.=> band, bend, bind, bond

bundle (n.): early 14c., "bound collection of things," from Middle Dutch bondel, diminutive of bond, from binden "to bind," or perhaps a merger of this word and Old English byndele "binding," from Proto-Germanic *bundilin (source also of German bündel "to bundle"), from PIE root *bhendh- "tie" (see bend (v.)). Meaning "a lot of money" is from 1899. To be a bundle of nerves "very anxious" is from 1938.

bundle (v.): 1620s, "to make into a bundle," from bundle (n.); meaning "to wrap up in warm heavy clothes" is from 1893. Meaning "to sleep with another, clothed, in the same bed," a noted former custom in New England, is from 1781. Meaning "to send away hurriedly" is from 1823. Related: Bundled; bundling.

1. They 'll go on to bundle in content their microsoft network financial transactions travel services everything .

2. In late september vodafone , the largest operator by revenues , relaunched its own bundle of services .

3. If the discount on the bundle is hefty enough , other firms may struggle to offer as enticing a deal .

4. Edubuntu is an application bundle designed to overlay your existing ubuntu desktop .