† dispensionn.
Obsolete.
1. Spending; expenditure.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun]
spendingc1000
spening1297
dispensec1320
costc1325
dispendingc1340
dispensationa1387
expense1393
depance1450
waringc1480
spensea1538
bestowing?1542
expending1545
defrayment1547
dispensing1548
disbursing1564
disbursal1589
debursing1598
disbursementa1599
disburse1608
depursement1636
debursement1650
dispension1658
spenda1688
disbursage1721
finances1730
expenditure1769
outlay1798
dispenditure1857
1658 in S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Wisdome i. xxi. 75 Their dispentions themselves..have a sent of covetousness.
1684 N. S. tr. R. Simon Crit. Enq. Editions Bible xxv. 231 With what noyse, bustle, and dispension the diversities of Bibles came accompanied into England.
2. Suspension of a law; dispensation.
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society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical authority > [noun] > ordinance of > dispensation
dispensationc1380
dispension1483
dispense1490
spensation1618
indulgencea1680
1483 Cron. Eng. (1510) X v b/1 Iohn..wedded dame Blaunche..by dyspencyon of the pope.
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxviijv To sue ye to kyngis grace for a dispencion of the acte of parlement late made to the contrarie.
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