noun

1. a small, wrapped bundle; package
2. a quantity or unit of some commodity put up for sale
3. a group or collection; pack; bunch a parcel of fools
4. a piece, as of land, usually a specific part of a large acreage or estate
5. a portion or part: now only in part and parcel, an inseparable or essential part

Etymology: ME < MFr parcelle < LL *particella, for L particula: see particle

transitive verb parceled -·celed or parcelled -·celled, parceling -·cel·ing or parcelling -·cel·ling

1. to separate into parts and distribute; apportion: with out
2. to make up in or as a parcel
3. Naut. to wrap in parceling

adjective, adverb