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Dispense

noun
/dɪsˈpɛns/
Word Frequency: 1.8

Definitions

1.nounCost, expenditure.
2.nounThe act of dispensing, dispensation.
3.verbTo issue, distribute, or give out.
4.verbTo apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
"to dispense justice"
5.verbTo supply or make up a medicine or prescription.
"An optician can dispense spectacles."
6.verbTo give a dispensation to (someone); to excuse.
7.verbTo compensate; to make up; to make amends.

Synonyms

dole outmete outdistributeallotdealparcel outshell outlotdeal outadministerdish outdispensation

Rhymes With

intensepretensesensedenserecompenseimmensetensehorse sense
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