mete out

Questions about mete out

What does mete out mean?

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

What is another word for mete out?

Close synonyms include distribute, administer, deal, parcel out, lot. 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 mete out a common word?

mete 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.