Usually means: Imposing a punishment or penalty.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. meting: Merriam-Webster
  2. meting: Collins English Dictionary
  3. meting: Wordnik
  4. meting: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. meting: Wiktionary
  6. Meting, meting: Dictionary.com
  7. Meting: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Meting: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. meting: FreeDictionary.org
  10. meting: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. meting: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (meting)

▸ noun:  The act of one who metes; a distribution or handing out.

Similar:
metering, measure, meterage, mensuration, measuration, meas., metage, mtg., mess, metrication, more...

Opposite:
gathering, collecting, accumulating

Types:
physical, chemical, fusion, fission, more...

Phrases:
meting out, more...

Adjectives:
first, annual, next, public, general, swift, final, last, second, recent

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Similar:
metering, measure, meterage, mensuration, measuration, meas., metage, mtg., mess, metrication, more...

Opposite:
gathering, collecting, accumulating

Types:
physical, chemical, fusion, fission, more...

Phrases:
meting out, more...

Adjectives:
first, annual, next, public, general, swift, final, last, second, recent



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