"Is [. . .] bad treatment ever given to a person? / No, it is always ____ out” (Flann O'Brien's Myles na gCopaleen Catechism of Cliché) (5)
I believe the answer is:
meted
(Another definition for meted that I've seen is " Handed out in small portions".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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