Definition of "mete out" []

• To distribute something in portions; to apportion or dole out (verb)

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• "Though she had told the Iotian security guard a dozen times to address her as “sir” or “Commander,” she was in no mood to mete out a reprimand just now."
• "Meanwhile, he must positively get down to the quay, there was some difficulty with the Interpol anti-smuggling people and unless he was there to mete out justice in person, one of his own boats was likely to suffer."
• "As to whether the civil authorities can mete out ample justice to the guilty parties on both sides, I must say it is my opinion, unequivocally, that they cannot."