Distributes or gives out in portions; provides or supplies; or waives or exempts from a rule or requirement.
From Latin 'dispensare': 'dis-' (apart) + 'pensare' (to weigh, pay). Third-person singular present tense.
Pharmacists in English-speaking countries 'dispense' medicines, teachers 'dispense' knowledge, and judges 'dispense' justice—the word applies whenever something is distributed according to rules or need.
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