English

Noun

whole package ‎(countable and uncountable, plural whole packages)

1. (usually with the) All the elements constituting a whole or occurring as a unit.
   • 2003, Ronald Beiner, Liberalism, nationalism, citizenship: essays on the problem of political community, ISBN 0774809876:

     What MacIntyre therefore rejects is the whole package, namely a growth economy managed by the state, with occasional corrections with welfare, and so on.

2. (usually with the) Something or someone that possesses a full set of relevant characteristics, usually desirable ones.
   • (Can we date this quote?), C. Colston Burrell, Judith Knott Tyler, Hellebores: a comprehensive guide, ISBN 0881927651, page 17:

     For us, they are the whole package—fantastic foliage, precocious bloom, and beautiful flowers. In short, elegant simplicity.

See also

• real deal
• for a list of other "whole ___" terms that mean "everything / the whole thing", see the whole nine yards