dole out
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Definition(s):
- (v) administer or bestow, as in small portions
Usage(s):
- Most musicians still carefully dole out an album's worth of songs every few years to keep from saturating the market.
- Before being caught, Madoff was working on a scheme to dole out his funds' remaining $300 million to the firm's employees and his family members.
- It bars lobbyists from buying gifts and meals for legislators, but it leaves a big loophole: firms and organizations represented by those lobbyists may still dole out freebies.
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