meted out

1. 1.

   given out in portions

   Synonymsapportioneddealt outdoled outparceled out

   Similardistributed

Questions about meted out

What does meted out mean?

meted out means "given out in portions".

What is another word for meted out?

Close synonyms include apportioned, dealt out, doled out, parceled 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 meted out a common word?

meted 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.