A parcel is a mailable or shippable item other than a letter, book, or other document. For the United States Post Office, over 75 pounds (34 kg) a package becomes a "large item".

The acronym UPS stands for United Parcel Service.

Postal system

In GIS or Tax talk a parcel is: a contiguous area of land described in a single description by a deed or other instrument or as one of a number of lots on a plat or plan, separately owned and capable of being separately conveyed.