dispense

1. V-T If someone dispenses something that they own or control, they give or provide it to a number of people. 分發[正式]

The union had already dispensed $60000 in grants. 工會已經分發了6萬美元的補助金。

2. V-T If you obtain a product by getting it out of a machine, you can say that the machine dispenses the product. (機器) 售出 (商品)

For two weeks, the cash machine spewed out receipts apologizing for its inability to dispense money. 兩周了，自動取款機就輸出了一些因其無法提款而致歉的憑條。

3. V-T When a pharmacist dispenses medicine, he or she prepares it, and gives or sells it to the patient or customer. 配發; 配售 (葯)

Health officials hope to begin dispensing anti-retroviral drugs on a wide scale at the beginning of next year. 衛生官員們希望在明年年初開始大槼模配發抗逆轉錄病毒葯物。