bundling

bundling
noun Date: 1781 a former custom of an unmarried couple's occupying the same bed without undressing especially during courtship

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  • Bundling — may refer to:* File Bundling, File storage strategy * Bundling (fundraising), when donations from many individuals are collected by one person and presented to the recipient * Bundling (political economy), a similar concept to product bundling… …   Wikipedia

  • Bundling — (von engl. bundle = Bündel) ist ein Brauch, der bis in das 19. Jahrhundert im Nordosten der USA verbreitet war. Er erlaubte es einem unverheirateten jungen Paar, eine Nacht im selben Bett zu verbringen, ohne dass es dabei zu körperlichem Kontakt… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • bundling — undling n. 1. a former custom, especially in New England, in which unmarried couples occupied the same bed without undressing, especially during courtship. See {bundle[2]}, v. i. [WordNet 1.5] 2. the act of binding something into a bundle.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bundling — n. The practice of combining two or more products and selling them as one item. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

  • Bundling — Bund|ling 〈[ bʌ̣ndlıŋ] n. 15〉 Verkauf mehrerer Produkte zu einem günstigen Gesamtpreis, auf Bundles aufsetzende Verkaufsstrategie ● ein Bundling von Hard und Software; Bundling mit dem Internet [engl., zu bundle „bündeln; Bündel“] * * * Bund|ling …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Bundling — A marketing strategy that joins products or services together in order to sell them as a single combined unit. Bundling allows the convenient purchase of several products and/or services from one company. The products and services are usually… …   Investment dictionary

  • bundling — bundle bundle 2 verb [transitive] MARKETING to provide a product or service together with other products or services: • Image editing software is bundled with many digital cameras. bundling noun [uncountable] : • interactive me …   Financial and business terms

  • Bundling — Bundle Bun dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bundled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bundling}.] 1. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll. [1913 Webster] 2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony. [1913 Webster] They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bundling — The marketing ploy of giving away a relatively cheap product with a relatively expensive one to attract customers; for example, incorporating one or more CD ROMs with the software package supplied with a computer. See price bundling strategy …   Big dictionary of business and management

  • bundling — noun 1. a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing • Hypernyms: ↑courtship, ↑wooing, ↑courting, ↑suit 2. the act of binding something into a bundle • Hypernyms: ↑packing, ↑boxing …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bundling (tradition) — Bundling was the traditional practice of wrapping one person in a bed accompanied by another, usually as a part of courting behavior. The tradition is thought to have originated either in the Netherlands or in the British Isles and later became… …   Wikipedia

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