dispenser

dispenser
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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dispenser UK US /dɪˈspensər/ noun [C]
► a machine or container that you can get something from by pulling a handle or pressing a button: »

liquid soap dispensers

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automated/automatic dispensers

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a drinks/coffee/tape dispenser

► CASH DISPENSER(Cf. ↑cash dispenser)
► a person whose job is to prepare medicines and give or sell them to people: »

Pharmacists have long been frustrated with being perceived as mere pill dispensers.

► a person or thing that provides something: »

The committee is an amalgam of regulatory body, lobby group, and dispenser of information.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • dispenser — [ dispɑ̃se ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • 1283; lat. dispensare « distribuer » 1 ♦ Distribuer (le sujet désigne une personne, une puissance supérieure). ⇒ accorder, départir, distribuer, donner, répandre. Dispenser des bienfaits. « Cette ville a… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Dispenser — may refer to: Containers and machines Various machines that dispense things: Automatic toothpaste dispenser Cash dispenser (automated teller machine) Hearing aid dispenser Label dispenser Klik Rockets Dispenser, a candy dispenser Paper towel… …   Wikipedia

  • Dispenser — ist eine Bezeichnung für verschiedene manuelle, halbautomatische oder automatische Ausgabevorrichtungen (z. B. Verkaufsständer, Verkaufsautomat, Medikamentenausgabebehälter, Dosierpumpen usw.). Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Landwirtschaft 2 Luftfahrt …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • dispenser — DISPENSER. v. a. Exempter de la règle ordinaire, faire une exception en faveur de quelqu un. Dispenser d aller à la guerre. Dispenser quelqu un de faire sa charge. Dispenser de la loi commune, de la règle. Dispenser du jeûne. f♛/b] On dit, pour s …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • dispenser — DISPENSER. v. a. Exempter de la regle ordinaire, faire une exception en faveur de quelqu un. Dispenser d aller à la guerre. dispenser quelqu un de faire sa charge. dispenser de la loy commune. dispenser du jesune. On dit, en termes de civilité,… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • dispenser — Dispenser, Legibus soluere. Dispenser de la loy, Gratiam facere legis. Dispenser aucun de pouvoir faire en un jour ce que ne se pouvoit faire par les loix, Veniam alicuius diei dare. Dispenser de l aage, Annali lege soluere. B. Dispenser de… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Dispenser — Dis*pens er, n. One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dispenser — c.1400, one who administers (a household, etc.), c.1200 in surnames, from Anglo Fr. dispensour, O.Fr. despenseor, from L. dispensatorem, agent noun from dispensare (see DISPENSE (Cf. dispense)). Meaning a container that dispenses in fixed measure …   Etymology dictionary

  • dispenser — /ingl. dɪˈspɛnsə(r)/ [vc. ingl., dal fr. ant. dispenseur «dispensatore»] s. m. inv. erogatore, distributore …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • dispenser — (See stamp vending machine) …   Glossary of postal terms

  • dispenser — is spelt er, not or …   Modern English usage

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