Practically, the entire parcel of the land was tillable.

Added to which, the entire parcel of land, totalling some fifty acres in all, was earmarked for residential development, or commercial enterprise.

Thomas R. Suozzi, the county executive, hopes to eventually use the entire parcel to spur economic development.

You get a deeded piece of real estate, just not for the entire parcel.

The entire parcel will require an additional $9 million in financing, money that town officials expect to obtain from a combination of state and county contributions.

Nor is it likely that we would buy the entire parcel.

If the state had offered $30 million more, in 2005, it could have acquired the entire parcel, Mr. Jackalone said.

Town leaders accuse the state of reneging on promises and pushing to sell the entire parcel, even if such a sale might hurt the local community.

Nor is it probable that the entire 16-acre parcel will be set aside for a memorial to victims of the attack on Sept. 11.

"Now that I put the entire 5.5-acre parcel together, the town wants to take it," he said.