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    PARCELLING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a planplay

    Example:

    the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state

    Synonyms:

    allocation; allotment; apportioning; apportionment; assignation; parceling; parcelling

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("parcelling" is a kind of...):

    distribution (the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "parcelling"):

    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)

    Derivation:

    parcel (divide into parts)

     II. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    -ing form of the verb parcel

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