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   dispense

   /dɪˈspɛns/

   verb

   • 1. distribute or provide (a service or information) to a number of people: "orderlies went round dispensing drinks" Similar distributepass roundpass outhand outdeal outdole outshare outdivide outparcel outallocateallotapportionassignbestowconfersupplydisburseinformal:dish outOpposite collect
   • ▪ (of a machine or container) supply or release (a product or cash): "the machines dispense a range of drinks" Similar preparemake upmixsupplyprovidesell
   • ▪ (of a chemist) make up and give out (medicine) according to a doctor's prescription: "he was stopped from dispensing prescriptions"
   • 2. manage without or get rid of: "let's dispense with the formalities, shall we?"
   • ▪ give special exemption from (a law or rule): "the Secretary of State was empowered to dispense with the nationality requirement in individual cases"
   • ▪ grant (someone) an exemption from a religious obligation: "the Pope personally nominated him as bishop, dispensing him from his impediment" Similar exemptexcuseexceptreleaserelievereprieveabsolvegrant someone a dispensationgrant someone an exemptioninformal:let off

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin dispensare ‘continue to weigh out or disburse’, from the verb dispendere, based on pendere ‘weigh’.

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDISPENSE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   to give out things, especially products, services, or amounts of money: There is a vending machine on the platform that dispenses snacks. to prepare and give out medicine: UK a dispensing chemist. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Giving, providing and supplying. accommodate someone with something. administer. administration. afford.

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › dispenseDispense Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of DISPENSE is to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions. How to use dispense in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dispense.

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   Dispense definition: to deal out; distribute. See examples of DISPENSE used in a sentence.

5. www.thefreedictionary.com › DispenseDispense - definition of dispense by The Free Dictionary

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   1. To manage without; forgo: Let's dispense with the formalities. 2. To get rid of; do away with: a country that has dispensed with tariff barriers.

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   Find 88 different ways to say DISPENSE, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.

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   Definition of dispense in the Definitions.net dictionary. Meaning of dispense. Information and translations of dispense in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web.

8. wikidiff.com › dispensement › dispenseDispense vs Dispensement - What's the difference? | WikiDiff

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   To issue, distribute, or put out. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. The smoky spray seemed to trap whatever light there was and to dispense it subtly. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.

9. www.definify.com › word › dispenseDispense | Definition of Dispense at Definify

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   1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward. dispenses. provisions according directions; Nature. dispenses. her bounties; to. dispense. medicines. He is delighted to. dispense. a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott. 2.

10. www.lawinsider.com › dictionary › dispenseDispense Definition: 3k Samples | Law Insider

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    Dispense means to deliver a drug to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the prescribing and administering, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for that delivery.

11. www.ldoceonline.com › Law-topic › dispensedispense | Definition from the Law topic | Law - Longman...

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    From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English dispense di‧spense / dɪˈspens / verb [transitive] formal 1 GIVE to give something to people, especially in fixed amounts SYN give out dispense something to somebody Villagers dispensed tea to visitors.