to parcel out
3
4.8
- phrasal verb
- /ˈpɑrsl aʊt/
:
repartir
- The charity aims to parcel out the donated clothing to various shelters across the city.
- parcel out money
- land was parceled out
- parceling out jobs
And so there is this push to get rid of these and sort of parcel out these seats.
- And so there is this push to get rid of these and sort of parcel out these seats.
Examples
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Some programs, such as Social Security, neatly parcel out benefits to specific individuals.
Blog text (21) -
Thus, the purchase price would be a 23-way split, parceled out according to schedule.
Blog text (3) -
The benefits are parceled out discretely to individuals in the population; both the recipient and the cost of the benefit are relatively easy to determine.
Blog text (21) -
Merchants owned the land and parceled it out into plots so small that only part of subsistence could be met.
Academic text (1990) -
Even though we parceled out generous handfuls to each child, we still wound up with leftovers from our single bowl of candy.
Blog text (1) -
Given roughly a half-billion dollars to spend, Whitten decides how to parcel it out among the subcommittees.
Academic text (1990) -
Responsibility for providing the external aid must then be carefully parceled out among the various donor countries in such a way that each accepts the division and leaves itself open to opprobrium if it fails to live up to its commitment.
Academic text (2001) -
The manager will parcel out the project tasks to each team member by the end of the meeting.
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After the harvest, they decided to parcel out the crops to local families in need.
Synonyms
199
1.5
To give out cards or other things to people
165
1.8
To give something to people in a group
143
2.3
To hand things to several people
87
2.0
Give things to several people or places
68
2.7
To give things to people in a group, like papers or drinks
47
2.6
To divide something into smaller parts
34
4.0
To give small amounts of something to several people over time
33
3.7
To give a part of something to someone for a specific use
32
2.1
Hand something to each person in a group
28
3.4
To give out things to several people, often food or advice
19
3.7
To give medicine or other things to people at a pharmacy
15
7.3
To share something among a group of people
14
5.8
To divide something into parts to share between people
10
4.2
Share things or money between several people
8
7.0
To divide something and give parts to different people or groups
6
5.3
To divide something into parts to give out
3
3.2
To give things to several people, often one by one, like cards
3
3.0
To give parts of something to different people
1
4.2
To give people small set amounts of things like food or water when supplies are low
1
3.4
To divide something into parts and give each part to different people
Antonyms
How Divided
Surface Forms
Morphology
parcel + out
The meaning 'to divide something into parts and give those parts to different people' follows directly from combining 'parcel' (to split into shareable parts) with the particle 'out' which signals distribution. This is a regular verb+particle compositional pattern in English and would be inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The phrasal verb parcel out comes from the idea of taking a parcel, a small package, and sending it out to different people. That's why it means 'to divide something into parts and give those parts to different people'.