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    METE OUT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Administer or bestow, as in small portionsplay

    Example:

    the machine dispenses soft drinks

    Synonyms:

    administer; allot; deal; deal out; dish out; dispense; distribute; dole out; lot; mete out; parcel out; shell out

    Classified under:

    Verbs of buying, selling, owning

    Hypernyms (to "mete out" is one way to...):

    give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mete out"):

    allot; assign; portion (give out)

    reallot (allot again)

    deal (distribute cards to the players in a game)

    apply; give (give or convey physically)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something to somebody

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