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What does mete out mean?

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Verb
  1. To distribute something in portions; to apportion or dole out
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That exposes it to the sort of abuse Britons often mete out to the institutions closest to them.
In the final analysis Bill C-15B would give judges the ability to mete out greater sentences and come down hard on those who are convicted.
We must overcome the dictatorship in these countries that mete out such inhumane treatment to their own people.
I am glad to say that the courts in my country are independent and still able to mete out justice, even if it is posthumous.
It would be a move in the right direction if judges were permitted to mete out a sentence that was more reflective of the public sentiment.
The King is at first inclined to agree with this principle and to mete out to the sororicide the punishment he deserves.

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