division vs parcel

division

noun
  • Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division. 

  • A calculation that involves this process. 

  • Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code. 

  • The act or process of dividing anything. 

  • A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank. 

  • A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument. 

  • A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones. 

  • A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades. 

  • A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate. 

  • A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied. 

  • The process of dividing a number by another. 

  • A parliamentary constituency. 

  • A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote. 

  • A lesson; a class. 

  • A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt. 

parcel

noun
  • A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part. 

  • An individual item appearing on an invoice or receipt (only in the phrase bill of parcels). 

  • A package wrapped for shipment. 

  • An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form. 

  • A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry. 

  • A division of land bought and sold as a unit. 

  • An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group. 

verb
  • To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into. 

  • To wrap a strip around the end of a rope. 

  • To wrap something up into the form of a package. 

  • To add a parcel or item to; to itemize. 

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