parcel out

parcel out
verb
administer or bestow, as in small portions
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administer critical remarks to everyone present

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dole out some money

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shell out pocket money for the children

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deal a blow to someone

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the machine dispenses soft drinks

• Syn:
↑distribute, ↑administer, ↑mete out, ↑deal, ↑lot, ↑dispense, ↑shell out, ↑deal out, ↑dish out, ↑allot, ↑dole out
• Derivationally related forms:
• Hypernyms: ↑give
• Hyponyms:
↑assign, ↑allot, ↑portion, ↑reallot, ↑deal, ↑give, ↑apply
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s something to somebody

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ˌparcel ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they parcel out he/she/it parcels out present participle parcelling out past tense parcelled out past participle parcelled out] phrasal verb
to share something among several people
Thesaurus: to share or divide something between peoplesynonym
Main entry: parcel

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parcel out [phrasal verb]
parcel (something) out or parcel out (something) : to divide or share (something) among different people, groups, etc.

The money was parceled out [=distributed] 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.

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Main Entry: ↑parcel

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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