† diˈspending, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. dispend v. + -ing1.]
The action of dispend v.; expenditure.
| c 1340 Hampole Prose Tr. 25 Thes holy mene lefte not witterly..the dispendynge of worldely goodis. 1563 Homilies ii. Almsdeeds iii. (1859) 395 There is a kind of dispending that shall never diminish the stock. 1603 Florio Montaigne iii. ix. (1632) 537 Their dispending and..artificiall liberalities. |
b. Money to defray expenses.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce viii. 509 He..gaf thame dispending And send thame hame. |
c. Dispensation; stewardship.
| 1388 Wyclif 1 Cor. ix. 17 Dispending [1382, Geneva, and 1611 dispensation; R.V. stewardship] is bitakun to me. |