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   parcel

   /ˈpɑːsl/

   noun

   • 1. an object or collection of objects wrapped in paper in order to be carried or sent by post: "the lorry was carrying a large number of Royal Mail parcels" Similar packagepacketpackcartonbundleboxcasebalearchaic:fardel
   • 2. a quantity or amount of something, especially as dealt with in one commercial transaction: "a parcel of shares" Similar groupbandpackgangcrowdmobcompanycollectionhordepartytroopinformal:crewbunch
   • ▪ a piece of land, especially one considered as part of an estate: "she decided to divide her property into three parcels and invite sealed bids" Similar plotpiecepatchtractareasectionallotmentlotplat
   • ▪ a group of people of a specified sort: archaic, derogatory "a parcel of rogues"
   • ▪ a portion of a larger body of air or other fluid considered as a discrete element: technical "an inversion forms a barrier to a rising parcel of air"

   verb

   • 1. make (something) into a parcel by wrapping it: "he parcelled up the goods and sent them back" Similar packpack uppackagewrapwrap upgift-wraptie updo upboxbox upbundle upfasten together
   • ▪ divide into portions and then distribute: "the farmers argue that parcelling out commercial farmland in small plots will reduce productivity" Similar divide upportion outdistributeshare outallocateallotapportionhand outgive outdeal outdole outmete outdispensesplit upcarve upinformal:divvy updish out
   • 2. wrap (rope) with strips of tarred canvas, before binding it with yarn as part of a traditional technique to reduce chafing.

   Word Origin late Middle English (chiefly in the sense ‘small portion’): from Old French parcelle, from Latin particula ‘small part’.

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