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parcel

[pahr-suhl] / ˈpɑr səl /
NOUN
container prepared to be sent
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NOUN
piece of land
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Example Sentences

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David proposes dividing the farmland and passing the parcels to each of their children.

From The Wall Street Journal

Due to their strength, they can be secreted in small volumes in parcels.

From BBC

However, records show that Gates still owns at least two homes, as well as several vacant parcels of land around Xanadu 2.0.

From MarketWatch

It is not clear what German authorities want to do and any attempt to get clarity turns into a game of bureaucratic pass the parcel.

From Barron's

Growing up, my mother would make a simple salad of sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, and lemons, drizzled with salt, served alongside homemade curries, spiced rice and steamed fish fillets wrapped in banana leaf parcels.

From Salon