mete (out)

verb

ˈmēt How to pronounce mete (out) (audio)
Definition of mete (out)next
as in to distribute
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals determined to mete out an appropriate punishment for the CEO guilty of insider trading

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  1. distribute
  2. dispense
  3. provide
  4. hand out
  5. divide
  6. portion
  7. allocate
  8. supply
Verb
  • Volunteers distribute water and other supplies at the Westwood Recreation Center on Thursday.
    Angela Yang, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Worldwide, Monday Night Raw pulled in 4.9 million views (measured as total viewing hours divided by run time) Monday and Tuesday in the territories where Netflix distributes it, including Canada, the U.K., Latin American countries and Australia.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of distribute
Verb
  • That trade group represents compounding pharmacies and hybrid pharmacies that also dispense regular drug prescriptions.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Gi-hun Hasn’t Killed Anyone Once the rules and nature of the Game revealed themselves, plenty of players were content to dispense with societal decorum and start fully murdering each other to level the playing field.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of dispense
Verb
  • As a group, HQ Portfolio stocks provided better returns with less risk versus the benchmark index; less of a roller-coaster ride as evident in HQ Portfolio performance metrics.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The Grammys must be held in a major venue of that size because ticket sales provide an enormous percentage of its annual revenue, along with the network TV broadcast — which will be CBS until 2027, when Disney takes over.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of provide
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  • The prizes, including a Life Achievement Award for Jane Fonda, will be handed out on Feb. 23, live on Netflix, with Kristen Bell as host.
    Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Team-mates stood still or, in the case of Boubacar Kamara, looked towards the touchline and to no one in particular, instead throwing his hands out.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of hand out
Verb
  • On Monday, the US government announced a new round of regulations on global AI chip exports, dividing the world into roughly three tiers of access.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Other volunteers set up in the job center’s parking lot to divide donations into care packages of food, toiletries, water and clothing.
    Yvonne Condes, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of divide
Verb
  • Just make a big batch of food—I’ve found stew-type dishes work best—portion it out into Tupperware containers, and stash them in the fridge.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The temptation to portion out one’s cathedral of counterpoised and cantilevered writing into knickknacks certainly is vivid to him.
    Mark Greif, Harper's Magazine, 26 July 2024
Definition of portion
Verb
  • And make sure to allocate a specific amount toward debt repayment each month.
    Chad Van Horn, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The Biden administration will not be able to allocate $3.8 billion of U.S. aid earmarked for Ukraine before the president leaves the White House, raising questions over the future of the funding when President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of allocate
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  • In the end, more than 10,000 people and organizations supplied means for some 4,700 animals’ successful transportation to new homes in at least temporarily safer areas.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Wirth said Chevron will help supply these data centers with gas , hinting at more specific announcements on the horizon.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of supply
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