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parcel

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parcel

Noun

∙ A package wrapped for shipment.
∙ An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
∙ A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
∙ A group of birds. obsolete
∙ An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
∙ A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
∙ A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.

Verb

∙ To wrap something up into the form of a package.
∙ To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
∙ To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
∙ To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.

Adverb

∙ Part or half; in part; partially. obsolete