Meaning & use
bundling
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The practice of gathering several items together into one package or offer, such as selling multiple products or services as a single deal.
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The cable company offers bundling of internet, phone, and television service at a discounted rate.
She spent the afternoon bundling old newspapers with string for recycling.
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Historically, "bundling" also referred to an old courtship custom, mainly in colonial New England, where an unmarried couple would share a bed, fully clothed and often separated by a board, under supervision.
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2. noun
A historical courtship custom in which an unmarried couple shared a bed, typically fully clothed, under family supervision.
Bundling was once a common, if controversial, practice among courting couples in colonial New England.
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