Cost, expenditure.
The act of dispensing, dispensation.
To issue, distribute, or give out.
To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
to dispense justice
To supply or make up a medicine or prescription.
An optician can dispense spectacles.
To give a dispensation to (someone); to excuse.
To compensate; to make up; to make amends.