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parceling (root: parcel)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun parceling has 1 sense
- parceling(n = noun.act) allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, 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" has particulars: grant, subsidisation, subsidization, reallocation, reallotment, reapportionment, deal, rationing, parcel, portion, share
is a kind of distribution
Derived form verb parcel1
CIDE DICTIONARY
parceling, n. [Written also parcelling.].
- The act of dividing and distributing in portions or parts. [1913 Webster]
- Long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used, also, in mousing on the stayes, etc. [1913 Webster]
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