PARCEL
{ parss-uhl }

Parcel

Parcel

Parcel

In

Out

Through

To Bale
To Package
To Bundle

To Crate
To Pack
To Wrap

To Box
To Packet
To Sheave

PARCEL, v. { parss-uhl } [ 1 ] Also parcel up: To wrap ( something ) into a parcel — The cashier parceled my purchases. / parcel up my books. [ 2 ] marine – To wrap ( a rope ) with canvas. { Phrasal verbs } [ 1 ] To parcel off — To divide ( something ) into parts so it can be sold — They parceled off the shares to be sold to the highest bidder. / My grandfather’s estate? My parents are parceling it off. [ 2 ] To parcel out: To divide ( something ) into parts — They parceled the inheritance out among the grandchildren. / To divide the cake, they parceled it out.

PARCEL, v. { parss-uhl } [ 1 ] Also parcel up: To wrap ( something ) into a parcel — The cashier parceled my purchases. / parcel up my books. [ 2 ] marine – To wrap ( a rope ) with canvas. { Phrasal verbs } [ 1 ] To parcel off — To divide ( something ) into parts so it can be sold — They parceled off the shares to be sold to the highest bidder. / My grandfather’s estate? My parents are parceling it off. [ 2 ] To parcel out: To divide ( something ) into parts — They parceled the inheritance out among the grandchildren. / To divide the cake, they parceled it out.

PARCEL, v. { parss-uhl } [ 1 ] Also parcel up: To wrap ( something ) into a parcel — The cashier parceled my purchases. / parcel up my books. [ 2 ] marine – To wrap ( a rope ) with canvas. { Phrasal verbs } [ 1 ] To parcel off — To divide ( something ) into parts so it can be sold — They parceled off the shares to be sold to the highest bidder. / My grandfather’s estate? My parents are parceling it off. [ 2 ] To parcel out: To divide ( something ) into parts — They parceled the inheritance out among the grandchildren. / To divide the cake, they parceled it out.

Lucrative state monopolies were parceled out to Sihanouk’s most loyal retainers, who “milked” them for cash. [ Wikipedia ] The Zoque were parceled out amongst the settlers, where they endured forced labor and were obliged to pay high tribute. [ Wikipedia ] The whole surface of the inhabitable globe is practically parceled out among the stronger nations within defined spheres of influence. [ The Atlantic ] Once land and water were parceled out, people were free to do what they wanted, to succeed beyond their wildest hopes or fail beyond their worst nightmares. [ The Atlantic ] Information is parceled out in pieces, leading to a disorienting and oppressive sense of confusion, followed by the creeping horror of comprehending Offred’s reality. [ The Atlantic ] A partial immunity from taxes was granted to barons and knights, and the lucrative offices in the gift of the crown were parcelled out among them. [ Project Gutenberg ] Has he not taken away her constitutions and her cities, and established tetrarchies, to parcel her out, not only by cities, but also by provinces, for subjection? [ Project Gutenberg ]

Lucrative state monopolies were parceled out to Sihanouk’s most loyal retainers, who “milked” them for cash. [ Wikipedia ] The Zoque were parceled out amongst the settlers, where they endured forced labor and were obliged to pay high tribute. [ Wikipedia ] The whole surface of the inhabitable globe is practically parceled out among the stronger nations within defined spheres of influence. [ The Atlantic ] Once land and water were parceled out, people were free to do what they wanted, to succeed beyond their wildest hopes or fail beyond their worst nightmares. [ The Atlantic ] Information is parceled out in pieces, leading to a disorienting and oppressive sense of confusion, followed by the creeping horror of comprehending Offred’s reality. [ The Atlantic ] A partial immunity from taxes was granted to barons and knights, and the lucrative offices in the gift of the crown were parcelled out among them. [ Project Gutenberg ] Has he not taken away her constitutions and her cities, and established tetrarchies, to parcel her out, not only by cities, but also by provinces, for subjection? [ Project Gutenberg ]

Lucrative state monopolies were parceled out to Sihanouk’s most loyal retainers, who “milked” them for cash. [ Wikipedia ] The Zoque were parceled out amongst the settlers, where they endured forced labor and were obliged to pay high tribute. [ Wikipedia ] The whole surface of the inhabitable globe is practically parceled out among the stronger nations within defined spheres of influence. [ The Atlantic ] Once land and water were parceled out, people were free to do what they wanted, to succeed beyond their wildest hopes or fail beyond their worst nightmares. [ The Atlantic ] Information is parceled out in pieces, leading to a disorienting and oppressive sense of confusion, followed by the creeping horror of comprehending Offred’s reality. [ The Atlantic ] A partial immunity from taxes was granted to barons and knights, and the lucrative offices in the gift of the crown were parcelled out among them. [ Project Gutenberg ] Has he not taken away her constitutions and her cities, and established tetrarchies, to parcel her out, not only by cities, but also by provinces, for subjection? [ Project Gutenberg ]

From the noun parcel; from Old French parcele, ‘small piece of something’; from popular Latin particella ‘very small piece of something’, diminutive of particula, ‘small part’; from Classical Latin partis, genitive of pars, ‘part’.