deal out
Hand them around
To deal out is to distribute, especially in portions: The dealer dealt out five cards to each player.
Beyond card games, it extends to distributing anything systematically: The judge dealt out sentences to the defendants.
To deal out punishment or deal out justice emphasizes measured, deliberate dispensing rather than random allocation.
Give out in portions
- apportionDivide into portions
- allotDistribute by shares
- doleState benefit payments
- parcelWrapped item for shipping
mete · issue · allocate · ration · portion · divide · split up · partition
Stiff paper rectangles
- pokerHearth implement for coals
- blackjackCard game to twenty-one
- shuffleRandomize by mixing
- antePre-deal poker payment
hand · deck · croupier · flop · river · turn · betting · wager
Manage or dispense
- inflictCause to be suffered
- deliverTransport to recipient
- imposeForce acceptance of
- hand downPass to successors
exact · retribution · comeuppance · sentence · penalty · discipline · payback · reckoning
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- evenhandednessUnbiased, balanced judgment
- equal sharesIdentical divisions of whole
- fair playHonorable conduct in games
justice · balance · neutrality · objectivity · equitable · unbiased · proportional · non-discrimination
dispense
Give out in portions
parcel · mete · issue · allocate · ration · portion · divide · split up · partition · divvy up
cards
Stiff paper rectangles
ante · hand · deck · croupier · flop · river · turn · betting · wager · stakes
administer
Manage or dispense
hand down · exact · retribution · comeuppance · sentence · penalty · discipline · payback · reckoning
equity
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- evenhandednessUnbiased, balanced judgment
- equal sharesIdentical divisions of whole
fair play · justice · balance · neutrality · objectivity · equitable · unbiased · proportional · non-discrimination · fair-minded
- dividing and givingdistribute, allocate, divide, give, share
- give outshare, distribute, dispense, issue, fail
- portioningportion, divide, share, distribute, allocate