Synonyms

distribute deal dispense allot administer shell_out dish_out deal_out parcel_out lot mete_out

Examples

"administer critical remarks to everyone present" "dole out some money" "shell out pocket money for the children" "deal a blow to someone"

Used in print

But instead of delivering the ration - either in actual commodities or in cash - at intervals of perhaps two_weeks or a month , the Belgians felt obliged to dole it out more_often .

Related terms

give assign give deal reallot dispenser allotment dispenser deal allocator distributor