Definition
An archaic or obsolete spelling of 'dispense'; to distribute, give out, or administer.
Etymology
From Old French dispenser, from Latin dispensare (dis- = away + pensare = to weigh). The modern spelling 'dispense' replaced this variant.
Kelly Says
Medieval scribes would have written 'dispence' for what we now spell 'dispense'—another example of how spelling reforms have standardized English since the 18th century.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
Költségek
köl-tsé-gek
CACatalà
despesa
de-spe-sa
CSČeština
výdaje
vee-yad-ye
DADansk
udgifter
ud-gif-ter
DEDeutsch
ausgeben
owz-gah-ben
ELΕλληνικά
wydatki
wydatki
ESEspañol
despensar
des-pen-sar
FRFrançais
dépenser
de-pen-ser
HUMagyar
költségek
köl-tsé-gek
IDBahasa Indonesia
pengeluaran
pen-ge-lu-aran
ITItaliano
spendere
spen-de-re
MSBahasa Melayu
perbelanjaan
per-belan-jaan
NLNederlands
uitgeven
oot-gee-ven
NONorsk
utgifter
oot-gif-ter
PLPolski
wydatki
vyd-at-ki
PTPortuguês
despensar
de-spen-sar
RORomână
cheltuieli
chel-too-ee-lee
RUРусский
расходы
ras-kho-dy
SVSvenska
utgåva
oot-gah-va
SWKiswahili
gharama
gah-ra-ma
THไทย
ค่าใช้จ่าย
ka-chai-chai
TRTürkçe
harcamak
har-cha-mak
UKУкраїнська
витрати
vyt-ra-ty
VITiếng Việt
chi tiêu
chi tieu