mete out

mete something out

to measure something out. She meted the solution out carefully into a row of test tubes. She meted out the cookies to each of them.

mete out something

(slightly formal)

to give or order a punishment The jail sentences meted out to drug traffickers were considered too light by US officials.

mete out

To distribute and apply a measure or judgment of something: The cook meted out small portions of soup to the soldiers. Our school principal metes out strict punishment to those who break the rules. The central office gathers information and metes it out to the departments that need it.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Janelle	jə-NEL	English
Eleuterio	-	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Neda (2)	-	Persian
Ionathan	-	Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Viivi	VEE:-vee	Finnish
Aracelis	-	Spanish