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Disburse

Disburse Meaning & Definition
Disburse Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disburse?

[v] pay out

Synonyms | Synonyms for Disburse: pay out

Related Terms | Find terms related to Disburse: administer | budget | cost | cost out | deal | deal out | dispense | disperse | dispose | distribute | dole | dole out | expend | fork out | give | give out | go through | incur costs | invest | issue | lay | lay out | measure out | mete | mete out | open the purse | outlay | parcel out | partition | pass around | pay | pay out | portion out | put out | run through | schedule | shell out | sink money in | spend | splurge | spoon out | squander | throw money around

See Also | pay

Disburse In Webster's Dictionary

\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 duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues. --Macaulay. {Disbursing officer}, an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money.

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