DOLE OUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Administer or bestow, as in small portions

Example:

the machine dispenses soft drinks

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "dole out" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dole out"):

allot; assign; portion (give out)

reallot (allot again)

deal (distribute cards to the players in a game)

apply; give (give or convey physically)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody