James (Jim) Davis Mar 13, 2015:

@Cedric Because that is where you go to buy a brown paper bag, a package, full of bottles or cans, which again demonstrates that a package is something you might put a bottle or can in, but that a package is one thing and a bottle is something else. If you confused a package with a bottle, you might look for a paper bag inside a bottle, rather than the other way round.
Urban dictionary to my rescue:
Package Store
Connecticut, also known as the "P," a liquour store. probably derived from the brown bags/packages the liquour comes in.

Cedric Randolph Mar 13, 2015:

Package store Then why in many states in the US is liquor in bottles sold in a package store?

James (Jim) Davis Mar 13, 2015:

@Giles Well I do agree with you on one thing. The OED is an excellent dictionary. Now having read the whole of the two entries for "package" (noun and verb), I did actually find a reference to a bottle, but it does rather highlight the difference between a package and a bottle rather than suggest that one is an example of the other.
J. Baldwin "His mother had unwrapped the package and was opening the bottle"
Now I do confess that after drinking several bottles in the metanymic sense I might just attempt to unwrap the next bottle rather than open it (with a bottle opener), but I feel you must agree that no sober-minded person could mistake a package for a bottle.
As for the trichospastic tendencies, no translator worth her/his salt could work without them. Mine I believe are innate, but nevertheless actively cultivated since.

Giles Watson Mar 13, 2015:

@Jim "Package" has a wide range of meanings, including - according to the OED - " A box, bag, or other container in which goods are packed".

"Package" can of course also refer to "the wrapping in which commercial products are sold" (OED again).

So the hypernym in this case is "package"; "bottle", "box", "jar", "tin" and "wrapping" are among its set of hyponyms.

And I thought I had trichospastic tendencies ;-)

James (Jim) Davis Mar 13, 2015:

@Giles :-) The hypernym can't contain package and bottle, because you would package the bottle to prevent it from breaking when shipped. A package as you can clearly see is cardboard and paper and stuff:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Package&tbm=isch&gws...

Giles Watson Mar 13, 2015:

@Jim "Package" is, at least in my intention, a hypernym embracing bottle, jar, tin and any kind container. You could call it a "unit", if you prefer.

The comparison doesn't have to be with the competition, either. It could refer to the same product's previous packaging.

James (Jim) Davis Mar 13, 2015:

@Giles There is definitely a product there because Gill says there is. But a package? Is a bottle a package or a jar or a tin? And prices often go up across the board. Who says the competitors prices didn't cost less too?

James (Jim) Davis Mar 10, 2015:

Without more context... "there was more of it and it cost less", which without more context can only mean that now there is less and it costs more. However, an isolated phrase without hearing the tone of voice and the rest of the conversation or even knowing what was bought.... puts a big question mark over it. However, it is difficult to imagine another interpretation. The first word is "ce" not "se".
@Gill This is direct speech and not indirect speech, I hope.

Giles Watson Mar 9, 2015:

Agree with Cedric Doesn't it just mean there was more (product) in it (the package) and it (the package) cost less (than its competitors)?