Meaning & use
starter package
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Meanings
nouncountablebusiness
A set of basic products or services bundled together to help a new customer or beginner get started.
Grammar: Countable: the starter package costs less than buying items one by one.
Patterns
- a starter package for something
- sign up for a starter package
The shop sells a starter package with a guitar, a strap and picks.
New customers can choose a starter package that includes the first month free.
I bought a starter package for the aquarium, with a tank, a filter and a heater.
nouncountable
The basic set of pay, benefits or terms offered to a new employee or new business.
Grammar: Countable; related to salary and perks offered on joining.
Patterns
- offer a starter package
The company offered a starter package of salary, insurance and training.
Her starter package included a laptop and a gym membership.
Word forms
| plural | starter packages |
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Common combinations
- a basic starter package
- The basic starter package is enough for most beginners.
- offer a starter package
- The bank offers a starter package to new graduates.
- buy a starter package
- We bought a starter package for the new hobby.
- a free starter package
- New users get a free starter package.
- upgrade from the starter package
- After a year they upgraded from the starter package.
Synonyms and how they differ
- starter kit
- Starter kit is usually a physical box of items, while starter package may also mean a bundle of services.
- starter pack
- Starter pack is a more British and casual variant, and is also used humorously online.
- introductory offer
- Introductory offer stresses a low price for a limited time, not what is included.
- welcome package
- Welcome package is given to someone newly arrived, often free, rather than sold.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: starter package or starter pack?
starter package vs starter pack
Starter pack can mean the same, but online it also means a joking collage of things typical of a group.
Practice
The phone company offered a ____ with a SIM card and two months of data to new customers.
Choose one answer.
A starter package bundles basic items for new customers. A severance package is paid to someone leaving a job, and the other options are not set phrases.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “starter package”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.