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What is "parcel out"

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parcel out

vb. (context idiomatic English) To divide into portions or chunks; to ration.

WordNet
parcel out

v. administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone" [syn: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out]

Usage examples of "parcel out".

I dig the foil parcel out of my suitcase, tear a ribbon of fat off a piece of boiled bacon, and stuff the lean into my mouth.

At this moment I discover that I forgot to take my parcel out of the pocket of the coach, where I had placed it for safety.

They're starting to parcel out the land for farms and there's a lottery for the domestics that were captured.

Haller wrestled the parcel out of the trunk and lay it on the pavement of the bridge.

In each area half a dozen wealthy men control the knd and parcel out portions of it according to their own economic interests.

Before we attempt to parcel out lands which do not belong to us, it behooves us to be very sure what peach switches are hanging in the Martian kitchen.