Definition of parcel
- n. - A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a
whole; a part.
- n. - A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is
part and parcel of another piece.
- n. - An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or
quantity; a collection; a group.
- n. - A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a
package; a packet.
- v. t. - To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often
with out or into.
- v. t. - To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
- v. t. - To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's
purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.
- a. & adv. - Part or half; in part; partially. Shak. [Sometimes
hyphened with the word following.]