disburse
1disburse — 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 /… …
2Disburse — 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.… …
3disburse — 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,… …
4disburse — (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 …
5disburse — *spend, expend Analogous words: *distribute, dispense: apportion, *allot, allocate: *pay …
6disburse — [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 …
7disburse — ► VERB ▪ pay out (money from a fund). DERIVATIVES disbursal noun disbursement noun. ORIGIN Old French desbourser, from bourse purse …
8disburse — [dis bʉrs′] vt. disbursed, disbursing [OFr desbourser < des , DIS + bourse, borse, purse: see DIS & BOURSE] to pay out; expend disbursable adj. disburser n …
9disburse — 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… …
10disburse — transitive verb (disbursed; disbursing) Etymology: Middle French desbourser, from Old French desborser, from des dis + borse purse, from Medieval Latin bursa Date: 1530 1. a. to pay out ; expend especially from a f …
