PARCELING
Dictionary entry overview: What does parceling mean?
• PARCELING (noun)
The noun PARCELING has 1 sense:
1. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
Familiarity information: PARCELING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PARCELING (noun)
Meaning:
The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
apportioning; apportionment; parceling; parcelling; allocation; allotment; assignation
Context example:
the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state
Hypernyms ("parceling" is a kind of...):
distribution (the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "parceling"):
grant; subsidisation; subsidization (the act of providing a subsidy)
reallocation; reallotment; reapportionment (a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results))
deal (the act of apportioning or distributing something)
rationing (the act of rationing)
parcel; portion; share (the allotment of some amount by dividing something)
