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dispensary

[ dih-spen-suh-ree ]

noun

, plural dis·pen·sa·ries.
  1. a place where something is dispensed, especially medicines.
  2. a charitable or public facility where medicines are furnished and free or inexpensive medical advice is available.


dispensary

/ dɪˈspɛnsərɪ; -srɪ /

noun

  1. a place where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dispensary1

1690–1700; < Medieval Latin dispēnsāria storeroom, equivalent to Latin dispēns ( āre ) to dispense + -āria -ary

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Example Sentences

This year, the dispensary is launching its sale on Thanksgiving, carrying over into Black Friday.

Thus far, the most talked-about Green Friday hotspot is Denver dispensary the Grass Station.

Few applicants had a location nailed down to accommodate their indoor cultivation and dispensary needs.

But the dispensary business is built on fictions that make it almost inherently non-law-abiding.

One day it did accompany her to the knowledge dispensary, Which to every rule and precedent was recklessly contrary.

Aided by the dean and chapter he established the first dispensary for the poor at Carlisle.

Why, my father kept on his dispensary in the days when the practice was at its best.

From that moment the travelling dispensary was locked up, and the doctor was the only one to profit by its contents.

The dispensary doctor dines off a table which once graced the parlour of a parish priest.

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