Parcel vs. Property: What's the Difference?
Parcel and Property Definitions
Parcel
Something wrapped up or packaged; a package.
Property
Something owned; a possession.
Parcel
A plot of land, usually a division of a larger area.
Property
A piece of real estate
Has a swimming pool on the property.
Parcel
A quantity of merchandise offered for sale.
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Property
Something tangible or intangible to which its owner has legal title
Properties such as copyrights and trademarks.
Parcel
A group or company; a pack
"this youthful parcel of noble bachelors" (Shakespeare).
Property
Something tangible or intangible, such as a claim or a right, in which a person has a legally cognizable, compensable interest.
Parcel
To divide into parts and distribute
Parceled out the land to their three children.
Property
Possessions considered as a group
Moved with all his property.
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Parcel
To make into a parcel; package.
Property
A theatrical prop.
Parcel
(Nautical) To wind protective strips of canvas around (rope).
Property
An attribute, characteristic, or quality
A compound with anti-inflammatory properties.
Parcel
A package wrapped for shipment.
I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep.
Property
Something that is owned.
Leave those books alone! They are my property.
Important types of property include real property (land), personal property (other physical possessions), and intellectual property (rights over artistic creations, inventions, etc.).
Parcel
An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
Property
A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
There is a large house on the property.
Parcel
An individual item appearing on an invoice or receipt (only in the phrase bill of parcels).
Property
(British) Real estate; the business of selling houses.
He works in property as a housing consultant.
Parcel
A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
I own a small parcel of land between the refinery and the fish cannery.
Property
The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
Parcel
(obsolete) A group of birds.
Property
An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
Charm is his most endearing property.
Parcel
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
Property
An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
Matter can have many properties, including color, mass and density.
Parcel
A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
Property
(computing) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class.
You need to set the debugging property to "verbose".
Parcel
A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
A certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
Property
A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.
Costumes and scenery are distinguished from property properly speaking.
Parcel
To wrap something up into the form of a package.
Property
(US) A script, book, screenplay, or the like that is on the market or has been bought for commercial production as a stage play, movie, or the like.
Parcel
To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.
Property
A produced stage play, movie, or the like.
Parcel
To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
Property
(obsolete) Propriety; correctness.
Parcel
To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
Property
(obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.
Parcel
(obsolete) Part or half; in part; partially.
Property
(obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.
Parcel
A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
Two parcels of the white of an egg.
The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of self-government.
Property
That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar.
Property is correctly a synonym for peculiar quality; but it is frequently used as coextensive with quality in general.
Parcel
A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
Property
An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties which constitute excellence.
Parcel
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
This youthful parcelOf noble bachelors stand at my disposing.
Property
The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a thing; ownership; title.
Here I disclaim all my paternal care,Propinquity and property of blood.
Shall man assume a property in man?
Parcel
A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet.
'Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage.
Property
That to which a person has a legal title, whether in his possession or not; thing owned; an estate, whether in lands, goods, or money; as, a man of large property, or small property.
Parcel
To divide and distribute by parts or portions; - often with out or into.
These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.
The broad woodland parceled into farms.
Property
All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites.
I will draw a bill of properties.
Parcel
To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
That mine own servant shouldParcel the sum of my disgraces byAddition of his envy.
Property
Propriety; correctness.
Parcel
To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.
Property
To invest which properties, or qualities.
Parcel
Part or half; in part; partially.
The worthy dame was parcel-blind.
One that . . . was parcel-bearded [partially bearded].
Property
To make a property of; to appropriate.
They have here propertied me.
Parcel
A wrapped container
Property
Any area set aside for a particular purpose;
Who owns this place?
The president was concerned about the property across from the White House
Parcel
The result of parcelling out or sharing;
Death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans
Property
Something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone;
That hat is my property
He is a man of property
Parcel
An extended area of land
Property
A basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class;
A study of the physical properties of atomic particles
Parcel
A collection of things wrapped or boxed together
Property
A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished;
Self-confidence is not an endearing property
Parcel
Divide into parts;
The developers parceled the land
Property
Any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie;
Before every scene he ran down his checklist of props
Parcel
Cover with strips of canvas;
Parcel rope
Parcel
Make into a wrapped container
