Distributed, with "out" (5)

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meted

'distributed with out' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Another definition for meted that I've seen is " Handed out in small portions".)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today, The New York Times, the Universal and the Newsday.

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