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dispense

verb [T]
 
 
/dɪˈspens/

Definition

to give out things, especially products, services, or amounts of money: There is a vending machine on the platform that dispenses snacks.Giving, providing and supplying to prepare and give out medicine: UK a dispensing chemistAdministering drugs and medicines
(Definition of dispense verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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