parcelling

par·cel

P0067500 (pär′səl)n.1. Something wrapped up or packaged; a package.2. A plot of land, usually a division of a larger area.3. A quantity of merchandise offered for sale.4. A group or company; a pack: "this youthful parcel of noble bachelors" (Shakespeare).tr.v. par·celed, par·cel·ing, par·cels also par·celled or par·cel·ling 1. To divide into parts and distribute: parceled out the land to their three children.2. To make into a parcel; package.3. Nautical To wind protective strips of canvas around (rope).

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[Middle English, from Old French, portion, from Vulgar Latin *particella, diminutive of Latin particula, diminutive of pars, part-, part; see perə- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.parcelling - the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"apportioning, apportionment, parceling, assignation, allocation, allotmentgrant, subsidisation, subsidization - the act of providing a subsidydistribution - the act of distributing or spreading or apportioningreallotment, reapportionment, reallocation - a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)deal - the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"rationing - the act of rationing; "during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline"parcel, portion, share - the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"

Translations

парцелляция