The difference between Apportion and Dispense
When used as verbs, apportion means to divide and distribute portions of a whole, whereas dispense means to issue, distribute, or give out.
Dispense is also noun with the meaning: cost, expenditure.
check bellow for the other definitions of Apportion and Dispense
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Apportion as a verb (transitive):
To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
Examples:
"The controlling party had apportioned the voting districts such that their party would be favored in the next election."
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Apportion as a verb (transitive):
Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.
Examples:
"The children were required to dump all of their Halloween candy on the table so that their parents could apportion it among them."
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Dispense as a verb:
To issue, distribute, or give out.
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Dispense as a verb:
To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
Examples:
"to dispense justice"
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Dispense as a verb:
To supply or make up a medicine or prescription.
Examples:
"The pharmacist dispensed my tablets."
"An optician can dispense spectacles."
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Dispense as a verb (obsolete):
To give a dispensation to (someone); to excuse.
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Dispense as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To compensate; to make up; to make amends.
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Dispense as a noun (obsolete):
Cost, expenditure.
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Dispense as a noun (obsolete):
The act of dispensing, dispensation.