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Definition of Parcelling
1. Noun. 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"
Specialized synonyms: Grant, Subsidisation, Subsidization, Reallocation, Reallotment, Reapportionment, Deal, Rationing, Parcel, Portion, Share
Generic synonyms: Distribution
Derivative terms: Allocate, Allot, Apportion, Assign, Parcel, Parcel
Definition of Parcelling
1. Verb. (British) (present participle of parcel) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parcelling
1. parcel [v] - See also: parcel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parcelling
Literary usage of Parcelling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... opinion even to the extent of parcelling her territory among themselves, that
the Constitution was submitted to a convention and adopted by a majority ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... and were quite ready to act in support of their opinion even to the extent of
parcelling her territory among themselves, that the Constitution was ..."
3. A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1894)
"... up to the Rubicon, and secondly, in the time of Augustus, up to the Alps—The
parcelling out of the peninsula by the Apennines—The different character of ..."
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