noun
- boundaries or limits, especially of land
Usage: legal; formal
verb
- distributes or gives out as deserved
Usage: formal
Examples
- The surveyor carefully marked the metes and bounds of the property.
- Ancient stone markers still define the metes of the old estate.
- The judge metes out punishment according to the severity of the crime.
- Justice should be meted fairly to all citizens.
- The teacher metes praise to students who work hard.
- The king meted rewards to his loyal subjects.