dispense

6 definitions • 10 examples

to give out things, especially products, services, or amounts of money:

There is a vending machine on the platform that dispenses snacks.

to prepare and give out medicine:

UK a dispensing chemist

to give out or provide an item or substance:

Is there a tourism agency that dispenses city maps?

This gasoline pump is capable of dispensing eight blends of gasoline.

to provide something such as a service, money, or information:

dispense advice/information A personal financial manager will dispense advice on investments.

The County Federation of Labor is dispensing $3 million in aid to unemployed hotel and airport workers.

if a machine dispenses a product or cash, it gives it out when someone puts in money or a special number:

The company makes vending machines that dispense drinks and snacks.

The machines not only dispense cash but also accept deposits and transfer balances.

to prepare medicines as a job and give or sell them to people:

dispense drugs/medication/medicine

Hundreds of wrong prescriptions have been dispensed.