What (who) is dispense - definition
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Dispensor; Dispenser (disambiguation); Dispense; Dispensers; Dispensors; Dispense (disambiguation)
dispense
v.
1) (B) to dispense charity to the needy; to dispense equal justice to all
2) (d; intr.) to dispense with (to dispense with the formalities)
dispense
[d?'sp?ns]
¦ verb
1. distribute to a number of people.
(of a machine or container) supply or release (a product or cash).
(of a chemist) supply (medicine) according to a prescription.
2. (dispense with) get rid of or manage without.
3. exempt (someone) from a religious obligation.
Derivatives
dispenser noun
Origin
ME: via OFr. from L. dispensare 'continue to weigh out or disburse', from dispendere, based on pendere 'weigh'.
dispense
(dispenses, dispensing, dispensed)
1.
If someone dispenses something that they own or control, they give or provide it to a number of people. (FORMAL)
The Union had already dispensed ?40,000 in grants...
I thought of myself as a patriarch, dispensing words of wisdom to all my children.
VERB: V n, V n to n
2.
If you obtain a product by getting it out of a machine, you can say that the machine dispenses the product.
For two weeks, the cash machine was unable to dispense money.
VERB: V n
3.
When a chemist dispenses medicine, he or she prepares it, and gives or sells it to the patient or customer.
Some shops gave wrong or inadequate advice when dispensing homeopathic medicines...
Doctors confine themselves to prescribing rather than dispensing.
VERB: V n, V, also V n to n
Wikipedia
Dispenser
The term dispenser typically imply a machine or container which is designed to release a specific amount of its content, usually liquids or powders/fine granular materials.
In common usage, a dispenser may also refer to:
Pronunciation examples for dispense
1. You can dispense justice...
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2. dispenses every day.
Edison2 _ Oliver Kuttner _ Talks at Google
3. so I'll dispense with those.
Why Sleep Matters _ Matthew Walker _ Talks at Google
4. to dispense with people altogether.
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5. as this woman is doing, or dispense
Shadow Work _ Craig Lambert _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of dispense
1. Don‘t its filling stations now dispense pure carrot juice?
2. "You could dispense with a lot of the physical presence.
3. Chemist What they do: Prepare, test and dispense drugs.
4. "Of all the establishments that dispense medication (e.g. doctor‘s offices, pharmacies), why is it only those that dispense medication for the purpose of inducing an abortion that must be prepared to perform surgery?" Smith asked.
5. In order to dispense with impartial and fair justice, the magistrate asked Qasab three questions.