[dɪˈspɛns], (Verb)

Definitions:
- distribute or provide (a service or information) to a number of people
(e.g: orderlies went round dispensing drinks)

- manage without or get rid of
(e.g: let's dispense with the formalities, shall we?)


Phrases:
- dispense with someone's services

Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin dispensare ‘continue to weigh out or disburse’, from the verb dispendere, based on pendere ‘weigh’