dispense
/dɪsˈpɛns/
noun
- 1
Cost, expenditure.
- 2
The act of dispensing, dispensation.
verb
- 1
To issue, distribute, or give out.
- 2
To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
“to dispense justice”
- 3
To supply or make up a medicine or prescription.
“An optician can dispense spectacles.”
- 4
To give a dispensation to (someone); to excuse.
- 5
To compensate; to make up; to make amends.
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