Search Result for "parcel_out":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. administer or bestow, as in small portions;
- Example: "administer critical remarks to everyone present"
- Example: "dole out some money"
- Example: "shell out pocket money for the children"
- Example: "deal a blow to someone"
- Example: "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
[syn: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

parcel out
    v 1: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer
         critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some
         money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a
         blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn:
         distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel
         out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish
         out, allot, dole out]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

51 Moby Thesaurus words for "parcel out":
   administer, align, allocate, allot, apportion, array, collocate,
   compose, cut up, deal, deal out, disburse, dispense, disperse,
   dispose, distribute, district, divide, divide up, divvy, divvy up,
   dole, dole out, fix, give out, issue, line, line up, marshal,
   measure out, mete, mete out, parcel, partition, pass around,
   pay out, place, portion, portion out, rally, range, regiment,
   section, segment, set out, space, split, split up, spoon out,
   subdivide, zone