Parcel Definition
pärsəl
parceled, parceling, parcelled, parcelling, parcels
noun
parcels
A small, wrapped bundle; package.
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A quantity or unit of some commodity put up for sale.
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A piece, as of land, usually a specific part of a large acreage or estate.
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A group or collection; pack; bunch.
A parcel of fools.
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A portion or part.
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verb
parceled, parceling, parcelled, parcelling, parcels
To separate into parts and distribute; apportion.
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To make up in or as a parcel.
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To wind protective strips of canvas around (rope).
American Heritage
To wrap in parceling.
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To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
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adjective
Part; partly.
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adverb
Tennyson.
One that [...] was parcel-bearded.
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Origin of Parcel
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From Old French parcelle (“a small piece or part, a parcel, a particle"), from Medieval Latin particella, contr. parcella (“a parcel"), dim. of Latin particula (“particle"), diminutive of pars (“part, piece").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French portion from Vulgar Latin particella diminutive of Latin particula diminutive of pars part- part perə-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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