dispenser
pronunciation
How to pronounce dispenser in British English:
UK [dɪˈspensə(r)]
How to pronounce dispenser in American English:
US [dɪˈspɛnsɚ]
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- Noun:
- a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts
- a person who dispenses
Word Origin
- dispenser (n.)
- c. 1400, "one who administers" (a household, etc.), c. 1200 in surnames, from Anglo-French dispensour, Old French despenseor, from Latin dispensatorem, agent noun from dispensare (see dispense). Meaning "a container that dispenses in fixed measure" is from 1918.
Example
- 1. Wenzhou changlong fuel dispenser manufacture co. , ltd guangzhou office .
- 2. I walked directly to the big old red-and-white dispenser .
- 3. Returns the underlying transaction object created by the transaction dispenser .
- 4. The water dispenser is there , please make yourself at home .
- 5. The inspection and metrological control of the fuel dispenser are of great significance to fair trade , environment and public safety .