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• n  the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
• v  divide into parts
• v  cover with strips of canvas
• v  make into a wrapped container

• Watching the old episodes makes me appreciate, even more strongly, what the writers did in parcelling out the show, episode by episode, and allowing the mystery to build.
• Popular in Czechoslovakia is the Government's policy of seizing the broad acres of great nobles and parcelling them out among the poor.

• allotment
• apportionment
• apportioning
• allocation
• parceling
• assignation
• parcel

News & Articles

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• QNX Locks Down Key Contract With Panasonic, Reminding Us That BlackBerry Still Has Some Shine For Buyers
  QNX, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of BlackBerry, announced some news today that reminds us that parcelling the company out could be among BlackBerry's best options as it considers a sale and other alternatives. QNX Software Systems will partner with Panasonic Automotive Systems to create infotainment for North American, European and Japanese automakers, expanding its already considerable ...
  Aug. 13, 2013 - TechCrunch

Quotes

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• George Vecsey in Stuff.co.nz
  This day never had to come for Barry Bonds. He could have avoided yesterday's indictment by parcelling out just enough truth to satisfy a grand jury,columnist George Vecsey wrote in Friday's The New York Times.
• Dave Prentis in Times Online
  It cannot be right for any council to wash its hands of its responsibilities to local people by parcelling out services to private companies,Dave Prentis, the general secretary, said. "The track record of outsourcing in local government is...