bundling
pronunciation
How to pronounce bundling in British English:
UK [bəndlɪŋ]
How to pronounce bundling in American English:
US [bəndlɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a one-time custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing
- the act of binding something into a bundle
- the act of shoving hastily
Word Origin
- bundling (n.)
- 1640s, "a gathering into a bundle," verbal noun from bundle (v.). Meaning "sharing a bed for the night, fully dressed, wrapped up with someone of the opposite sex" (1782) is a former local custom in New England (especially Connecticut and southeastern Massachusetts). It was noted there from about 1750s and often regarded by outsiders as grossly immoral, but New Englanders wrote defenses of it and claimed it was practiced elsewhere, too. It seems to have died out with the 18th century. I am no advocate for temptation; yet must say, that bundling has prevailed 160 years in New England, and, I verily believe, with ten times more chastity than the sitting on a sofa. I had daughters, and speak from near forty years' experience. Bundling takes place only in cold seasons of the year--the sofa in summer is more dangerous than the bed in winter. [The Rev. Samuel Peters, "A general history of Connecticut," 1782]
Example
- 1. And they will create unique assortments and bundling combinations for specific retail locations .
- 2. Thin margins on sales of printers , for example , can be made up by bundling in more profitable toners .
- 3. It achieves this through bundling a number of additional extensions , such as a desktop taskbar , new ' start menu ' , and ' alt + tab ' application switcher .
- 4. The merger , he argued , would let ge dominate the market for new aircraft by bundling together packages that included ge 's jet engines and honeywell 's electronics , and do so on terms that competitors , which sold only engines or electronics , might not be able to match .
- 5. In 2009 , a trio of wall streeters created the mycityway app by cleaning up and bundling data feeds from 20 us cities , including restaurant inspection reports , train schedules , swimming pool hours , even traffic-cam videofeeds .