The difference between Lot and Parcel
When used as nouns, lot means a large quantity or number, whereas parcel means a package wrapped for shipment.
When used as verbs, lot means to allot, whereas parcel means to wrap something up into the form of a package.
Parcel is also adverb with the meaning: part or half.
check bellow for the other definitions of Lot and Parcel
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Lot as a noun:
A large quantity or number; a great deal.
Examples:
"to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so"
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Lot as a noun:
A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
Examples:
"a lot of stationery"
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Lot as a noun:
One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
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Lot as a noun (informal):
A number of people taken collectively.
Examples:
"a sorry lot; a bad lot'"
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Lot as a noun:
A distinct portion or of land, usually smaller than a field.
Examples:
"a building lot in a city"
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Lot as a noun:
That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
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Lot as a noun:
Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
Examples:
"to cast lots; to draw lots'"
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Lot as a noun:
The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
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Lot as a noun:
A prize in a lottery.
Examples:
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Lot as a noun:
Allotment; lottery.
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Lot as a noun (definite, '''the lot'''):
All members of a set; everything.
Examples:
"The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot."
"If I were in charge, I'd fire the lot of them."
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Lot as a noun:
An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.
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Lot as a verb (transitive, dated):
To allot; to sort; to apportion.
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Lot as a verb (US, informal, dated):
To count or reckon (on or upon).
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Parcel as a noun:
A package wrapped for shipment.
Examples:
"I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep."
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Parcel as a noun:
An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
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Parcel as a noun:
A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
Examples:
"I own a small parcel of land between the refinery and the fish cannery."
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Parcel as a noun (obsolete):
A group of birds.
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Parcel as a noun:
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
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Parcel as a noun:
A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
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Parcel as a noun:
A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
Examples:
"A certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece."
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Parcel as a verb:
To wrap something up into the form of a package.
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Parcel as a verb:
To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
Examples:
"[[worm Worm]] and parcel with the [[lay]]; turn and [[serve]] the other way."
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Parcel as a verb:
To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
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Parcel as a verb:
To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
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Parcel as an adverb (obsolete):
Part or half; in part; partially.