deal out

Questions about deal out

What does deal out mean?

deal out means "administer or bestow, as in small portions".

What is another word for deal out?

Close synonyms include distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deal out a common word?

deal out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.