Definition of Parceled out

1. Adjective. Given out in portions.

Exact synonyms: Apportioned, Dealt Out, Doled Out, Meted Out
Similar to: Distributed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parceled Out

parbreak
parbreaks
parbuckle
parbuckled
parbuckles
parbuckling
parc fermé
parcase
parcel
parcel bomb
parcel bombs
parcel of land
parcel out
parcel post
parceled
parceled out (current term)
parceling
parcellate
parcellated
parcellates
parcellating
parcellation
parcellations
parcelled
parcelling
parcels
parcelwise
parcenaries
parcenary
parcener

Literary usage of Parceled out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chicago to Naples: Our Twelve Months' Tour Through the British Isles, France by Robert Clark (1885)
"... Maryland to Lord Baltimore, Pennsylvania to William Penn ; the Carol in as were parceled out to a number of adventurers by grants from Charles I. and II ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"In the eager rush of the European powers which followed, the great continent, has been parceled out as a gold-field is parceled out by prospectors who ..."

3. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1906)
"As JS Mill has well said, it is not a pleasant and cheerful prospect, if, in the future, the land must all be parceled out and intensively cultivated. ..."

4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"... for the common use of the new community about to be established, or private property, to be parceled out and sold to individuals, for his own beneat. ..."

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