dispense

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/dɪsˈpɛns/ English

Definitions

noun

Cost, expenditure.
The act of dispensing, dispensation.

verb

To issue, distribute, or give out.
To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.“to dispense justice”
To supply or make up a medicine or prescription.“An optician can dispense spectacles.”
To give a dispensation to (someone); to excuse.

Related words

Synonyms

dole out mete out distribute allot deal parcel out shell out lot deal out administer dish out dispensation allocate allocation share assign

Associated

prescribed comply impediments excluded keg unless dispensing dispensed chilled vending contraception

Rhymes

intense pretense sense dense recompense immense tense horse sense commence good sense

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