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1. The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
   "the parceling of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
   - allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parcelling, assignation

1. Divide into parts
   "The developers parceled the land"
    
2. Cover with strips of canvas
   "parcel rope"
    
3. Make into a wrapped container

Derived forms: parcelings

See also: parcellation

Type of: carve up, cover, dissever, distribution, divide, separate, split, split up, wrap, wrap up

Encyclopedia: Parcel