dispense

dispense
dispense di‧spense [dɪˈspens] verb [intransitive, transitive]
1. if a machine dispenses something, it gives it to someone who puts in money, a special number etc:

• Four machines dispense a wide range of drinks and snacks.

• a cash dispensing machine

— dispenser noun [countable] :

• There's a cash dispenser outside the bank.

2. to sell or give medicines to people:

• A pharmacist will never dispense a prescription unless he or she is sure it is correct.

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dispense UK US /dɪˈspens/ verb
[T] to provide something such as a service, money, or information: dispense advice/information »

A personal financial manager will dispense advice on investments.

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The County Federation of Labor is dispensing $3 million in aid to unemployed hotel and airport workers.

[T] COMMERCE if a machine dispenses a product or cash, it gives it out when someone puts in money or a special number: »

The company makes vending machines that dispense drinks and snacks.

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The machines not only dispense cash but also accept deposits and transfer balances.

[I or T] to prepare medicines as a job and give or sell them to people: »

dispense drugs/medication/medicine

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Hundreds of wrong prescriptions have been dispensed.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • dispense — [ dispɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1488; de dispenser 1 ♦ Autorisation spéciale, donnée par l autorité ecclésiastique, de faire ce qui est défendu ou de ne pas faire ce qui est prescrit. ⇒ autorisation, exemption, permission. Demander, obtenir, accorder une… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • dispense — DISPENSE. s. f. Exemption de la règle ordinaire. Dispense de la Loi, de la Coutume. Dispense d âge. Dispense de bans. Dispense de résider. Demander, accorder dispense, une dispense, des dispenses. Obtenir dispense en Cour de Rome. Il a eu sa… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • dispense — Dispense. s. f. Exemption de la regle ordinaire. Dispense de la loy, de la coustume. dispense d âge. dispense des bancs. dispense de resider. demander, accorder dispense, une dispense, des dispenses. obtenir dispense en Cour de Rome. il a eu sa… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Dispense — Dis*pense , v. i. 1. To compensate; to make up; to make amends. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] One loving hour For many years of sorrow can dispense. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To give dispensation. [1913 Webster] He [the pope] can also dispense in all… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dispense — Dis*pense , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispensing}.] [F. dispenser, L. dispensare, intens. of dispendere. See {Dispend}.] 1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dispense — I verb administer, allocate, allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, bestow, bestow upon, confer, deal, deal to, detail, dimittere, dispense, disperse, dispose of, disseminate, distribuere, distribute, divide in portions, do away with, do …   Law dictionary

  • Dispense — Dis*pense , n. [Cf. F. dispense dispensation. See {Dispense}, v. t.] Dispensation; exemption. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dispensé — dispensé, ée (di span sé, sée) part. passé. 1°   Réparti. Des récompenses dispensées à ceux qui les méritaient. 2°   Qui a exemption de.... Dispensé de jeûner. Dispensé du service militaire, en raison de ses infirmités …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • dispense — [v1] dole out supply allocate, allot, apportion, assign, come across with, deal, deal out, disburse, dish out*, distribute, divide, divvy*, fork out*, furnish, give, give away, give with, hand out, hand over, lot, measure, mete out, partition,… …   New thesaurus

  • dispense — [di spens′] vt. dispensed, dispensing [ME dispensen < OFr despenser < L dispensare, to pay out < pp. of dispendere, to weigh out < dis , out + pendere, to weigh: see PENDANT] 1. to give or deal out; distribute 2. to prepare and give… …   English World dictionary

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