parcel off
verb
parceled off or parcelled off; parceling off or parcelling off; parcels off
: to divide (something, such as land) into separate, smaller parts especially in order to sell it
The property was eventually parceled off and sold in pieces.
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The company also parceled off a portion of the property’s parking lot, selling it separately for $400,000.
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Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 24 Dec. 2025
The family stopped visiting the estate in the 1930s, when most of the acreage was parceled off.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The data center would replace more than a dozen bucolic parcels off I-74 and bordered by South Post Road, East Troy Avenue, Davis Road and Vandergriff Road.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 30 Aug. 2025
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Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 24 Dec. 2025
The family stopped visiting the estate in the 1930s, when most of the acreage was parceled off.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The data center would replace more than a dozen bucolic parcels off I-74 and bordered by South Post Road, East Troy Avenue, Davis Road and Vandergriff Road.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Parcel off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parcel%20off. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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