Apportion food say? (4)
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" .)