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† diˈspending, vbl. n. Obs. [f. dispend v. + -ing1.] The action of dispend v.; expenditure.
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 25 Thes holy mene lefte not witterly..the dispendynge of worldely goodis. 1563Homilies ii. Almsdeeds iii. (1859) 395 There is a kind of dispending that shall never diminish the stock. 1603Florio Montaigne iii. ix. (1632) 537 Their dispending and..artificiall liberalities. b. Money to defray expenses.
1375Barbour Bruce viii. 509 He..gaf thame dispending And send thame hame. c. Dispensation; stewardship.
1388Wyclif 1 Cor. ix. 17 Dispending [1382, Geneva, and 1611dispensation; R.V. stewardship] is bitakun to me. |