"parcel out" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "parcels out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parceling out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parcelling out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parceled out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parceled out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parcelled out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parcelled out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "past2": "parcelled out",
        "past_ptc2": "parcelled out",
        "pres_ptc2": "parcelling out"
      },
      "expansion": "parcel out (third-person singular simple present parcels out, present participle parceling out or parcelling out, simple past and past participle parceled out or parcelled out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's a large job, but if we parcel it out among several people over several weeks, it shouldn't be too difficult."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To divide into portions or chunks; to ration."
      ],
      "id": "en-parcel_out-en-verb-oLrRZ1Wh",
      "links": [
        [
          "divide",
          "divide"
        ],
        [
          "portions",
          "portions"
        ],
        [
          "chunks",
          "chunks"
        ],
        [
          "ration",
          "ration"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To divide into portions or chunks; to ration."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to divide into portions",
          "word": "aufteilen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to divide into portions",
          "word": "zerstückeln"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-parcel out.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/82/En-au-parcel_out.ogg/En-au-parcel_out.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/En-au-parcel_out.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "parcel out"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "parcels out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parceling out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parcelling out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parceled out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parceled out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parcelled out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parcelled out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "past2": "parcelled out",
        "past_ptc2": "parcelled out",
        "pres_ptc2": "parcelling out"
      },
      "expansion": "parcel out (third-person singular simple present parcels out, present participle parceling out or parcelling out, simple past and past participle parceled out or parcelled out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's a large job, but if we parcel it out among several people over several weeks, it shouldn't be too difficult."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To divide into portions or chunks; to ration."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "divide",
          "divide"
        ],
        [
          "portions",
          "portions"
        ],
        [
          "chunks",
          "chunks"
        ],
        [
          "ration",
          "ration"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To divide into portions or chunks; to ration."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-parcel out.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/82/En-au-parcel_out.ogg/En-au-parcel_out.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/En-au-parcel_out.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to divide into portions",
      "word": "aufteilen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to divide into portions",
      "word": "zerstückeln"
    }
  ],
  "word": "parcel out"
}