dispense
dis·pense
dispense · dispenses
Cost, expenditureCost, expenditure.
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/dɪˈspɛns/
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
cost, expenditure:
Meaning
2 senses(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Cost, expenditure.
Kosten, Ausgabe
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The act of dispensing, dispensation.
Origin
From Middle English, from Old French dispenser, from Latin dispēnsāre (“to weigh out, payFrom Middle English, from Old French dispenser, from Latin dispēnsāre (“to weigh out, pay out, distribute, regulate, manage, control, dispense”), frequentative of dispendere (“to weigh out”), from dis- (“apart”) + pendere (“to weigh”).
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Forms
plural: dispensesWord family
5 related wordsRelateddispend
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.