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Apportion food say? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mete

'apportion' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'food say?' is the wordplay.
'food' becomes 'meat' (meat is a kind of food).
'say?' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue (I've seen 'saying' mean this).
'meat' is a homophone of 'METE'.

(Other definitions for mete that I've seen before include "To - out is to dispense (eg, justice)" , "Give as due - say punishment" , "Apportion" , "Dish (out)" , "Allot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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