parcel out
phrasal verb
parceled out or parcelled out; parceling out or parcelling out; parcels out
: to divide or share (something) among different people, groups, etc.
The money was parceled out to local charities.
They plan to parcel the tickets out in a lottery.
We need to stop parceling out the blame for this problem and start working on a solution.
Examples of parcel out in a Sentence
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The state’s 2023 budget allocated just $7 million, parceled out in grants of up to $100,000, for districts to implement restorative justice practices.
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Gail Cornwall, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
The bill also changes how the money is parceled out.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 11 June 2024
These men traditionally parcel out power, with each responsible for certain areas—foreign policy, the economy, personnel, anticorruption, and so on.
—Cai Xia, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
By parceling out that information to help advertisers target you, with or without your consent, Google makes more than $10 billion every quarter.
—Charles Seife, Scientific American, 27 Nov. 2013
The program was vastly oversubscribed, and the money has now been parceled out to nonprofits across the country that are building community land trusts, helping heirs gain clear title to family land, and furnishing technical assistance to those just getting started.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 30 May 2024
In Russia, however, the war effort created new money-making opportunities: assets as diverse as auto plants, formerly owned by Toyota and Renault, and Starbucks and IKEA franchises have been either seized outright or forcibly sold at steep discounts and parcelled out to loyal insiders.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2024
The Biden administration is parceling out chunks of Biden’s agenda for different Cabinet officials to promote in the coming weeks.
—Will Weissert, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) denied 30+ applications for funds that simply bought the premier cryptocurrency and parceled out their holdings as easy-to-trade shares listed on major stock exchanges, citing the susceptibility of the digital-assets market to manipulation.
—Javier Paz, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
Gail Cornwall, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
The bill also changes how the money is parceled out.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 11 June 2024
These men traditionally parcel out power, with each responsible for certain areas—foreign policy, the economy, personnel, anticorruption, and so on.
—Cai Xia, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
By parceling out that information to help advertisers target you, with or without your consent, Google makes more than $10 billion every quarter.
—Charles Seife, Scientific American, 27 Nov. 2013
The program was vastly oversubscribed, and the money has now been parceled out to nonprofits across the country that are building community land trusts, helping heirs gain clear title to family land, and furnishing technical assistance to those just getting started.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 30 May 2024
In Russia, however, the war effort created new money-making opportunities: assets as diverse as auto plants, formerly owned by Toyota and Renault, and Starbucks and IKEA franchises have been either seized outright or forcibly sold at steep discounts and parcelled out to loyal insiders.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2024
The Biden administration is parceling out chunks of Biden’s agenda for different Cabinet officials to promote in the coming weeks.
—Will Weissert, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) denied 30+ applications for funds that simply bought the premier cryptocurrency and parceled out their holdings as easy-to-trade shares listed on major stock exchanges, citing the susceptibility of the digital-assets market to manipulation.
—Javier Paz, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
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“Parcel out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parcel%20out. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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