Divide into parts and distribute, as in She parceled out the remaining candy among the children. This idiom uses parcel in the sense of "divide into small portions." [Mid-1500s]
parcel out
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The verb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
administer or bestow, as in small portions
Synonyms: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
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