Meaning & use
part and parcel
An essential, inseparable element of something, so central that it cannot easily be removed.
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Long hours are part and parcel of working in emergency medicine.
Dealing with difficult customers is part and parcel of any retail job.
A note on using this word
Part and parcel is a fixed idiom; the two nouns are always used together in this order.
Words with a similar meaning
integral part
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