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parcelled

Variant of parcel

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 , an inseparable or essential part

transitive verb parceled or parcelled, parceling or parcelling

  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

Archaic part; partly

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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