† dispendingn.
Obsolete.
a. The action of dispend v.; expenditure.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun]
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dispensec1320
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dispensationa1387
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depance1450
waringc1480
spensea1538
bestowing?1542
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defrayment1547
dispensing1548
disbursing1564
disbursal1589
debursing1598
disbursementa1599
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debursement1650
dispension1658
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disbursage1721
finances1730
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dispenditure1857
c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 25 Thes holy mene lefte not witterly..the dispendynge of worldely goodis.
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Almsdeeds iii, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 395 There is a kind of dispending that shall never diminish the stock.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. ix. 571 Their dispending and..artificiall liberalyties.
b. Money to defray expenses.
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society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > spending- or pocket-money
spending-silver1377
dispense1382
dispending1487
spending-money1598
pocket money1625
pin money1702
pocket allowance1726
Saturday pennya1854
spense1886
spend1970
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 509 He..gaf thame dispending And send thame hame.
c. Dispensation; stewardship.
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society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > [noun] > management on behalf of another or stewardship
bailliec1305
bailieshipc1375
dispensingc1380
dispensationc1384
dispending1388
procuracya1425
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umboth1509
stewardship1526
proctorship1535
stewarding1548
bailiwick1550
farmership1551
factory1560
agency1600
bailiffwick1605
agentship1608
factorage1639
proctorage1641
oeconomacy1651
soliciting1663
stewartrya1763
factordom1888
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 1 Cor. ix. 17 Dispending [1382, Geneva, and 1611 dispensation; R.V. stewardship] is bitakun to me.
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