All dispense synonyms

verb dispense

• distribute — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
• give away — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
• disburse — to pay out (money), especially for expenses; expend.
• allocate — If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose, it is given to that person or used for that purpose.
• hand out — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
• furnish — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
• allot — If something is allotted to someone, it is given to them as their share.
• apply — If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
• discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
• apportion — When you apportion something such as blame, you decide how much of it different people deserve or should be given.
• deal — If you say that you need or have a great deal of or a good deal of a particular thing, you are emphasizing that you need or have a lot of it.
• give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
• prorate — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
• partition — a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
• share — a plowshare.
• portion — a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
• prepare — to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
• lot — lot (def 14).
• measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
• assign — If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do.
• divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
• maneuver — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
• handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
• manage — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
• wield — to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating.
• direct — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
• command — If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
• undertake — to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.; attempt: She undertook the job of answering all the mail.
• swing — to play (music) in the style of swing.
• implement — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
• manipulate — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
• reprieve — to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).
• relieve — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
• absolve — If a report or investigation absolves someone from blame or responsibility, it formally states that he or she is not guilty or is not to blame.
• spare — to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
• release — to lease again.
• give out — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
• bestow — To bestow something on someone means to give or present it to them.
• administer — If someone administers something such as a country, the law, or a test, they take responsibility for organizing and supervising it.
• operate — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
• manoeuvre — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
• dish out — an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
• hand over — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
• shell out — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
• divvy — a distribution or sharing.
• deal out — If someone deals out a punishment or harmful action, they punish or harm someone.
• fork out — an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
• carry out — If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
• let off — to allow or permit: to let him escape.