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.

Meted out — meaning and 4 synonyms

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
given out in portions
Synonymsapportioned dealt out doled out parceled out
Similardistributed

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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.

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