Associations to the word «Dispense»

DISPENSE, verb. To issue, distribute, or put out.

DISPENSE, verb. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.

DISPENSE, verb. To supply or make up a medicine or prescription.

DISPENSE, verb. To eliminate or do without; used intransitively with with.

DISPENSE, verb. (obsolete) To give a dispensation to (someone); to excuse.

DISPENSE, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To compensate; to make up; to make amends.

DISPENSE, noun. (obsolete) Cost, expenditure.

DISPENSE, noun. (obsolete) The act of dispensing, dispensation.

DISPENSE, verb. Administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks".

DISPENSE, verb. Grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task".

DISPENSE, verb. Give or apply (medications).