verb [VN]
1 sth (to sb) to give out sth to people:
The machine dispenses a range of drinks and snacks.
2 sth (to sb) (formal) to provide sth, especially a service, for people:
The organization dispenses free health care to the poor. * to dispense justice / advice
3 to prepare medicine and give it to people, as a job:
to dispense a prescription * (BrE) to dispense medicine * (BrE) a dispensing chemist
PHRASALVERBS
dispense with sb/sth to get rid of sth or stop using it because you no longer need it:
Debit cards dispense with the need for cash altogether. * I think we can dispense with the formalities (= speak openly and naturally to each other).
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for dispense is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does dispense appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — dispense appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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