The invention relates to a dispenser for discharging at least one component. Said dispenser comprises a base body (100) and an advancing element (300) that can be slid. The advancing element (300) acts upon a container having the component so that the component is discharged from the container by means of an advancement of the advancing element (300). The advancing element (300) comprises teeth (321) in the advancing direction. An actuating lever (400) can be swiveled relative to the base body (100) between an initial position and an activated position. The actuating lever comprises one or more teeth (421), which are engaged with the teeth (321) of the advancing element when the advancing element (300) is advanced. In order to enable a simple resetting motion of the actuating lever (400) from the activated position back to the initial position, the actuating lever (400) can be moved as a whole to a decoupled position relative to the base body (100), in which decoupled position the teeth (421) of the actuating lever (400) disengage from the teeth (321) of the advancing element (300). A very simple design of the dispenser having few individual parts is thereby enabled.