Repackage

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To place a product into new or different packaging after its initial packaging
2. To change the packaging of an item by repackaging it in another container or style
3. To repackage involves taking something already packaged and enclosing it again, often differently

Etymology: "Repackage" is a plain compound: the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "anew", attached to "package". The "re-" comes from Latin "re-", which English inherited through Old French, while "package" is the older word it modifies. Put together, the verb means to package something a second time, usually in a new form, box or wrapping, without changing what is inside. The base word "package" itself has a longer road into English. It came through Middle English and the Old French "re-", which carried the same sense of backward or repeated action, and it is the sense of "again" that gives "repackage" its meaning. Its use is most common in commerce, where goods are often given new labels or containers for a different market or for a fresh sale.

Synonyms: repackage, rebox