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What is another word for mete (out)?

Pronunciation: [mˈiːt ˈa͡ʊt] (IPA)

Mete out is a phrasal verb that means to distribute or dispense something in portions. When you mete out something, you are usually portioning it out in a controlled or regulated way. Some synonyms for mete out include allocate, apportion, dispense, dole out, divvy up, parcel out, portion out, ration, and share out. These words all convey the idea of giving something in specific amounts or portions. The choice of which synonym to use often depends on the context in which it is being used. For example, allocate, ration, and apportion are often used in organizational or governmental settings, while dole out, parcel out, and share out are often used in more informal situations.
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  • We ask no favours of the enemy. We seek from them no compunction. On the contrary, if tonight the people of London were asked to cast their votes as to whether a convention should be entered into to stop the bombing of all cities, an overwhelming majority would cry, "No, we will mete (out) to the Germans the measure, and more than the measure, they have meted out to us." {applause} The people of London with one voice would say to Hitler: "You have committed every crime under the sun. Where you have been the least resisted there you have been the most brutal. It was you who began the indiscriminate bombing. We remember Warsaw! In the first few days of the war. We remember Rotterdam. We have been newly reminded of your habits by the hideous massacre in Belgrade. We know too well the bestial assaults you're making upon the Russian people, to whom our hearts go out in their valiant struggle! {cheers} We will have no truce or parley with you, or the grisly gang who work your wicked will! You do your worst! — and we will do our best! {sustained cheering} Perhaps it may be our turn soon. Perhaps it may be our turn now."
    Winston Churchill
  • She has never harmed us, nor would she should we have fallen into her hands. It is only the men of her kind who war upon us, and I have ever thought that their attitude toward us is but the reflection of ours toward them. They live at peace with all their fellows, except when duty calls upon them to make war, while we are at peace with none; forever warring among our own kind as well as upon the red men, and even in our own communities the individuals fight amongst themselves. Oh, it is one continual, awful period of bloodshed from the time we break the shell until we gladly embrace the bosom of the river of mystery, the dark and ancient Iss which carries us to an unknown, but at least no more frightful and terrible existence! Fortunate indeed is he who meets his end in an early death. Say what you please to Tars Tarkas, he can mete (out) no worse fate to me than a continuation of the horrible existence we are forced to lead in this life.
    Edgar Rice Burroughs

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