dispensed

Doled out portions

Dispensed is the past tense of dispense, meaning to distribute or give out: The pharmacist dispensed medication.

Machines dispense products when you insert payment.

To dispense advice or justice is to administer it.

Dispensed with means did away with or managed without: We dispensed with the formalities and got straight to business.

medication

pharmacy

Medicinal dispensary

tablet · capsule · pharmacist · apothecary · treatment · antibiotic · vaccine · ointment · inhaler · syringe

justice

judgment

Reasoned decision-making capacity

punishment · penalty · decree · sanction · retribution · discipline · administered · meted · handed-down · imposed

allocated

funds

Available financial resources

allocation · subsidy · endowment · scholarship · aid · assistance · allotment · stipend · capital · financing

vending

machine

Power-driven working device

slot · automated · touchscreen · coin-operated · cashless · vending · ticket · sensor · card-reader · mechanized

released

freed

Released from confinement

exonerated · acquitted · absolved · unleashed · unshackled · cleared · exempted · excused · waived · forgiven

rationed

coupons

Redeemable discount certificates

controlled · limited · rationing · wartime · shortage · scarcity · stamps · measured · provisions · austerity

Categories
Opposites
distribution/withholding

dispensedwithheld

Kept from giving

hoarded · retained · kept · stockpiled · held back

accumulation/dispersal

dispensedconcentrated

Gathered or intensified

collected · gathered · consolidated · pooled · centralized

giving/receiving

dispensedreceived

Was given something

accepted · taken · obtained · acquired · collected

Phrases
Family

dispense, dispenser, dispensable, dispensation, dispensing, dispenses, dispensers, dispensations, dispensability

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