disburse

Disburse is defined as to pay or give out.

(verb)

An example of disburse is for a company to send out paychecks at the end of the month.

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See disburse in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb disbursed, disbursing

to pay out; expend

Origin: OFr desbourser < des-, dis- + bourse, borse, purse: see dis- & bourse

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See disburse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb dis·bursed, dis·burs·ing, dis·burs·es
To pay out, as from a fund; expend. See Synonyms at spend.

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete French desbourser

Origin: , from Old French desborser

Origin: : des-, dis-

Origin: + borse, purse (from Late Latin bursa; see bursa)

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Related Forms:

  • dis·bursˈa·ble adjective
  • dis·bursˈer noun

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