| verb | administer or bestow, as in small portions “administer critical remarks to everyone present” |
| verb | grant a dispensation; grant an exemption “I was dispensed from this terrible task” |
| verb | give or apply (medications) |
| distribution | noun | the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning |
| distributor | noun | a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion |
| distributer | noun | electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence |
| deal | noun | the act of apportioning or distributing something |
| dispensation | noun | a share that has been dispensed or distributed |
| dispenser | noun | a person who dispenses |
| allotment | noun | the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan |
| administration | noun | the act of administering medication |
| dispensary | noun | clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed |