parcel

noun par·cel \ ˈpär-səl \

|Updated on: 19 Jun 2018

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Definition of parcel

1 : a tract or plot of land

a parcel of real estate

2 a : a wrapped bundle : package

The parcel was shipped today.

b : a unit of salable merchandise

a parcel in an auction

3 : a company, collection, or group of persons, animals, or things : lot

The whole story was a parcel of lies.

a parcel of giddy young kids
—Mark Twain

4 a : fragment, portion

sold his stocks by parcels

b : a volume of a fluid (such as air) considered as a single entity within a greater volume of the same fluid

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Examples of parcel in a Sentence

a parcel of real estate
her absurd explanation for the collision was a parcel of lies

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Provided by Rafanelli & Nahas Rudolph Investments owns the 1-acre parcel where the park would be located.

— john sowell, idahostatesman, "Now it's a Downtown Boise parking lot. Soon it may be a 10-story building with a park," 12 June 2018
Kelly Norton said despite her protests, a $300,000 offer was made to real estate agent Rex Griswold for the 3.5-acre parcel on Main Street in Mesa.

— ryan randazzo, azcentral, "Key witness testifies in bribery trial involving Arizona water company, regulator," 7 June 2018
For more than a century, the exclusive Bohemian Club has held its annual encampment here, on a 2,700-acre parcel along the river.

— chris colin, Outside Online, "Drawing a Line in the Sand Over River Rights," 30 May 2018
That price appeared low compared to the value set by the PVA last year on the entire 19-acre parcel because the PVA valued the mansion alone at more than $2.1 million.

— tom loftus, The Courier-Journal, "Matt Bevin appeals higher tax value placed on his Anchorage mansion," 22 May 2018
At the heart of the city’s 2006 master plan for the neighborhood is a 60-acre parcel that failed to attract a master developer in 2016 that city officials believed could handle the job.

— meredith cohn, baltimoresun.com, "Ahead of Preakness, Baltimore Mayor Pugh touts development in Park Heights," 17 May 2018
David Kahnweiler, non-executive chairman of Colliers International, and Scott Goodman, founding principle of Farpoint Development, closed on the 125-acre parcel of mostly open space in April.

— steve sadin, chicagotribune.com, "After purchase, developers consider potential uses for Green Acres Country Club," 15 May 2018
Earlier this year, county officials approved plans for a solar farm on a 48-acre parcel on Goodenow Road in Crete Township.

— susan demar lafferty, Daily Southtown, "Will County advances plans for 3 solar farms," 14 May 2018
The new 700-room luxury hotel will be located at the western edge of the resort on a 17-acre parcel between the original Disneyland Hotel and the Downtown Disney Monorail station.

— brady macdonald, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Disneyland visitors face maze amid construction at resort," 2 May 2018

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Origin and Etymology of parcel

Middle English, from Anglo-French parcele, from Vulgar Latin *particella, from Latin particula small part — more at particle

NEW! Time Traveler

First Known Use: 14th century

in the meaning defined at sense 4a

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parcel Synonyms

Synonyms

array, band, batch, battery, body, boodle, bunch, cluster, clutch, consort, constellation, crop, group, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, party, passel;

Near Antonyms

individual, single;

circle, clan, clique, coterie, fellowship, gang, ring, round, set;

faction, guild (also gild), order, school, sect;

brigade, crew, outfit, phalanx, platoon, posse, task force, team;

alliance, bloc, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, league, union;

battalion, squadron;

bevy, brood, covey;

Phrases

the whole kit and caboodle;

Other Climate/Meteorology Terms

monsoon, occlusion, ozone, rime, squall, zephyr

parcel

verb

Definition of parcel

parceled or parcelled; parceling or parcelling play \ˈpär-s(ə-)liŋ\

transitive verb

1 : to divide into parts : distribute —often used with out

2 : to make up into a parcel : wrap

3 : to cover (something, such as a rope) with strips of canvas or tape

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Recent Examples of parcel from the Web

That week, for example, Behzadzadeh hoped to parcel out his $22,000 payroll on Thursday.

— robb mandelbaum, New York Times, "Where Pot Entrepreneurs Go When the Banks Just Say No," 4 Jan. 2018
In general, modelers attack the problem by breaking it into billions of bits, either by dividing space into a 3D grid of subvolumes or by parceling the mass of dark and ordinary matter into swarms of particles.

— adrian cho, Science | AAAS, "Galaxy simulations are at last matching reality—and producing surprising insights into cosmic evolution," 30 May 2018
Davis Joint Unified regularly passes parcel taxes to keep class sizes down and to support classroom programs.

— diana lambert, sacbee, "Housing prices drive Davis teachers out of town. Legislators could give them a break from parcel taxes. | The Sacramento Bee," 27 May 2018
While the workers were paid in tokens to spend at the company store, Cobbs commissioned his mansion to be built on a prominent Southwest Hills parcel five years after moving to Oregon from Cadillac, Michigan.

— janet eastman, OregonLive.com, "Storied Cobbs Mansion has an indoor skate ramp and $77,632 tax bill (photos)," 18 May 2018
Previously parceled out into five congressional districts, dispersing its voting power, Pennsylvania’s third-most populous county hasn’t had a member of Congress who lives within its borders for more than three years.

— jonathan tamari, Philly.com, "One of Pennsylvania's largest counties hasn't sent a rep to Congress for years. These candidates are likely to change that.," 8 May 2018
This week, the world might ask you to parcel out your energy carefully.

— claire comstock-gay, The Cut, "Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of May 14," 14 May 2018
It will be carved up and parceled out, used as chum for various playlists.

— New York Times, "Post Malone and Rae Sremmurd, Hip-Hop Impressionists Shaping the Stream," 9 May 2018
Tuesday’s sale also represented only the first of a group scheduled throughout the week to parcel out the Rockefellers’ estate.

— kelly crow, WSJ, "Rockefeller Art Smashes Records at Christie’s," 8 May 2018

Origin and Etymology of parcel

see ¹parcel

NEW! Time Traveler

First Known Use: 15th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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parcel

adjective

Definition of parcel

: part-time, partial

Origin and Etymology of parcel

see ¹parcel

NEW! Time Traveler

First Known Use: 15th century

in the meaning defined above

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parcel

adverb

Definition of parcel

archaic

: partly

Origin and Etymology of parcel

see ¹parcel

NEW! Time Traveler

First Known Use: 15th century

in the meaning defined above

See Words from the same year

PARCEL Defined for English Language Learners

parcel

noun

Definition of parcel for English Language Learners

: a section or area of land
: a box or large envelope that is usually given, sent, or delivered to a person

PARCEL Defined for Kids

parcel

noun par·cel \ ˈpär-səl \

Definition of parcel for Students

1 : package 1

2 : a plot of land

parcel

verb

Definition of parcel for Students

parceled or parcelled; parceling or parcelling

: to divide and give out by parts We parceled out the candy.

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parcel

noun par·cel \ ˈpär-səl \

legal Definition of parcel

: a tract or plot of land

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