dispense
verb
[ dɪˈspɛns ]
• distribute or provide (a service or information) to a number of people.
• "orderlies went round dispensing drinks"
Similar:
distribute,
pass round,
pass out,
hand out,
deal out,
dole out,
share out,
divide out,
parcel out,
allocate,
allot,
apportion,
assign,
bestow,
confer,
supply,
disburse,
dish out,
• manage without or get rid of.
• "let's dispense with the formalities, shall we?"
Similar:
waive,
omit,
drop,
leave out,
forgo,
give up,
relinquish,
renounce,
ignore,
disregard,
pass over,
brush aside,
do away with,
put a stop to,
put an end to,
cut out,
give something a miss,
knock something on the head,
get rid of,
throw away,
throw out,
cast aside,
dispose of,
discard,
shed,
manage without,
do without,
cope without,
ditch,
scrap,
axe,
junk,
dump,
chuck out,
chuck away,
get shut of,
get shot of,
trash,
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin dispensare ‘continue to weigh out or disburse’, from the verb dispendere, based on pendere ‘weigh’.
