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Divide into parts and distribute, as in She parceled out the remaining candy among the children. This idiom uses parcel in the sense of “divide into small portions.” [Mid-1500s] Words nearby parcel outParcae, parcel, parcel gilding, parcel-gilt, parceling, parcel out, parcel post, parcel tanker, parcenary, parcener, parch The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to parcel outsubdivide, restrict, allot, conserve, give out, divide, receive, distribute, experience, split, participate, slice, share, authorize, entrust, relegate, hand over, pass on, sell, accord |