Skip to main content
dispensary

dispensary

16 4.9
A licensed shop that sells cannabis products for medical or personal use
  • noun
  • /dɪˈspɛnsəri/
  • US
translation icon : dispensario de cannabis
  • In Oakland, city government has encouraged medical marijuana dispensaries to settle in the city.
  • marijuana dispensary
  • cannabis dispensary
  • medical dispensary

It would ban privately owned cultivation sites and dispensaries.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • After her doctor's recommendation, she decided to visit a nearby dispensary to obtain her medical cannabis.

  • In Colorado, you can visit a licensed dispensary to buy cannabis products for recreational use.

  • It's the first ever dispensary in San Francisco.

  • I'll ask the folks at the dispensary next time I go in.

    Blog text (32)
  • To sell pot in Arizona, dispensary operators will need more than a cell phone and a scale.

    Blog text (29)
  • The city will profit from the taxes produced by these dispensaries.

    Blog text (27)
  • With locations in Oakland and San Jose, Harborside Health Center is the premier medical cannabis dispensary in California.

    Blog text (14)
  • Maine voters voted to expand the state's 1999 medical marijuana law in 2009 to include dispensaries.

    Blog text (2)
  • Patients can use CANNEX to find medical marijuana dispensaries, view their menus, rate, and review the strains the dispensaries carry.

    Blog text (27)
  • Many tourists in San Francisco enjoy exploring local dispensaries that offer unique cannabis options.

How Specialized

head shop
  • NSFW
3 8.2
dispensary
  • US
16 4.9
general store
16 2.1

Surface Forms

dispensary singular
dispensaries plural

Morphology

dispensary = dispense (transparent) = dispense + ary

The cannabis sense is an extension of 'place where things are dispensed' and remains inferable from 'dispense' + '-ary'.

Etymology

Dispensary comes from the same root as dispense, which means 'to give out'. So, where the sale of cannabis is legal, a dispensary is a licensed shop that gives out and sells cannabis products to customers.