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disburse — dis‧burse [dɪsˈbɜːs ǁ ɜːrs] verb [transitive] formal to officially give or pay money to someone: • The state health department will disburse funds to local health departments for anti smoking education. * * * disburse UK US /dɪsˈbɜːs/ US /… … Financial and business terms
Disburse — Dis*burse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbursed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbursing}.] [OF. desbourser, F. d[ e]bourser; pref. des (L. dis ) + bourse purse. See {Burse}, and cf. {Dispurse}.] To pay out; to expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disburse — I (distribute) verb administer, allocate, allot, apportion, assign, circulate, deal out. diffuse, discharge, dispense, disseminate, divide, dole out, give, give away, give out, hand out, make available, make distribution of, mete, parcel out,… … Law dictionary
disburse — (v.) 1520s, disbourse, from O.Fr. desbourser (13c.) extract (money) from a purse, spend (money), from des (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + bourse purse (see BURSAR (Cf. bursar)). Related: Disbursed; disbursing … Etymology dictionary
disburse — *spend, expend Analogous words: *distribute, dispense: apportion, *allot, allocate: *pay … New Dictionary of Synonyms
disburse — [v] spend money acquit, ante up*, come across, come through, come up with, contribute, cough up*, deal, defray, dispense, disperse, distribute, divide, divvy*, dole out*, expend, foot the bill*, give, lay out*, measure out, outlay, partition, pay … New thesaurus
disburse — ► VERB ▪ pay out (money from a fund). DERIVATIVES disbursal noun disbursement noun. ORIGIN Old French desbourser, from bourse purse … English terms dictionary
disburse — [dis bʉrs′] vt. disbursed, disbursing [OFr desbourser < des , DIS + bourse, borse, purse: see DIS & BOURSE] to pay out; expend disbursable adj. disburser n … English World dictionary
disburse — UK [dɪsˈbɜː(r)s] / US [dɪsˈbɜrs] verb [transitive] Word forms disburse : present tense I/you/we/they disburse he/she/it disburses present participle disbursing past tense disbursed past participle disbursed very formal to pay out money from a… … English dictionary
disburse — v. (B) to disburse funds to the states * * * [dɪs bɜːs] (B) to disburse funds to the states … Combinatory dictionary
