"part and parcel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: parts and parcels [plural]
Etymology: "Parcel" is used in its archaic sense of "an integral or component part." Originally used as a legal term. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|parts and parcels}} part and parcel (usually uncountable, plural parts and parcels)
  1. An integral or essential piece; that which must be done or accepted as part of something else. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Law Related terms: come with the territory Translations (essential piece): неразделна част (nerazdelna čast) [feminine] (Bulgarian), integrerend deel (Dutch), erottamaton osa (english: integral) (Finnish), olennainen osa (english: essential) (Finnish), partie intégrante [feminine] (French), fylgifiskur (Icelandic), parte integrante [feminine] (Italian), неотъе́млемая ча́сть (neotʺjémlemaja částʹ) [feminine] (Russian), parte integral [feminine] (Spanish), parte integrante [feminine] (Spanish), parte (Spanish)

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      "tags": [
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      "word": "неразделна част"
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      "sense": "essential piece",
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      "sense": "essential piece",
      "word": "erottamaton osa"
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      "sense": "essential piece",
      "word": "olennainen osa"
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      "sense": "essential piece",
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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "essential piece",
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      ],
      "word": "parte integrante"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neotʺjémlemaja částʹ",
      "sense": "essential piece",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "essential piece",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parte integral"
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      "sense": "essential piece",
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