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disburse

pay out; spend
Not to be confused with:
dispense – distribute in portions or parts; administer; release or exempt
disperse – scatter; dissipate; spray; dispel
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dis·burse

(dĭs-bûrs′)
tr.v. dis·bursed, dis·burs·ing, dis·burs·es
To pay out, as from a fund; expend. See Synonyms at spend.

[Obsolete French desbourser, from Old French desborser : des-, dis- + borse, purse (from Late Latin bursa; see bursa).]

dis·burs′a·ble adj.
dis·burs′er n.
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disburse

(dɪsˈbɜːs)
vb
(tr) to pay out
[C16: from Old French desborser, from des- dis-1 + borser to obtain money, from borse bag, from Late Latin bursa]
disˈbursable adj
disˈbursement n
disˈburser n
Usage: Disburse is sometimes wrongly used where disperse is meant: the police used a water cannon to disperse (not disburse) the crowd
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dis•burse

(dɪsˈbɜrs)

v.t. -bursed, -burs•ing.
1. to pay out (money), esp. for expenses; expend.
2. to distribute.
[1520–30; < Middle French desbourser, Old French desborser=des- dis-1 + -borser, derivative of borse purse< Late Latin bursa bag]
dis•burs′a•ble, adj.
dis•burs′er, n.
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disburse


Past participle: disbursed
Gerund: disbursing

Imperative
disburse
disburse
Present
I disburse
you disburse
he/she/it disburses
we disburse
you disburse
they disburse
Preterite
I disbursed
you disbursed
he/she/it disbursed
we disbursed
you disbursed
they disbursed
Present Continuous
I am disbursing
you are disbursing
he/she/it is disbursing
we are disbursing
you are disbursing
they are disbursing
Present Perfect
I have disbursed
you have disbursed
he/she/it has disbursed
we have disbursed
you have disbursed
they have disbursed
Past Continuous
I was disbursing
you were disbursing
he/she/it was disbursing
we were disbursing
you were disbursing
they were disbursing
Past Perfect
I had disbursed
you had disbursed
he/she/it had disbursed
we had disbursed
you had disbursed
they had disbursed
Future
I will disburse
you will disburse
he/she/it will disburse
we will disburse
you will disburse
they will disburse
Future Perfect
I will have disbursed
you will have disbursed
he/she/it will have disbursed
we will have disbursed
you will have disbursed
they will have disbursed
Future Continuous
I will be disbursing
you will be disbursing
he/she/it will be disbursing
we will be disbursing
you will be disbursing
they will be disbursing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been disbursing
you have been disbursing
he/she/it has been disbursing
we have been disbursing
you have been disbursing
they have been disbursing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been disbursing
you will have been disbursing
he/she/it will have been disbursing
we will have been disbursing
you will have been disbursing
they will have been disbursing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been disbursing
you had been disbursing
he/she/it had been disbursing
we had been disbursing
you had been disbursing
they had been disbursing
Conditional
I would disburse
you would disburse
he/she/it would disburse
we would disburse
you would disburse
they would disburse
Past Conditional
I would have disbursed
you would have disbursed
he/she/it would have disbursed
we would have disbursed
you would have disbursed
they would have disbursed
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb 1. disburse - expend, as from a fund
pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please"
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disburse

verb pay out, spend, lay out, fork out (slang), expend, shell out (informal) The aid will not be disbursed until next year.
Usage: Disburse is sometimes wrongly used where disperse is meant: the police used water cannons to disperse (not disburse) the crowd.
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disburse

verb
To distribute (money) as payment:
Informal: fork out (or over) (or up), shell out.
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Translations
antaamaksaamaksurahasuorittaa

disburse

[dɪsˈbɜːs] VT (frm) → desembolsar
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disburse

[dɪsˈbɜːrs] vt (formal) [+ money] → débourser
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disburse

vtaus(be)zahlen
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disburse

[dɪsˈbɜːs] vt (frm) → sborsare
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The necessity of disbursing passage money for all his tribe seemed to disturb him in a manner that was the more striking because other wise he gave no signs of a miserly disposition.
Institutions/Rural Support Programs collectively achieved 97.1% of their targets by disbursing Rs 34.0 billion to small and marginalized farmers during FY 2018-19.
The microfinance banks as a group achieved 98.7pc target by disbursing agriculture loans of Rs154.0 billion to small farmers.
loans of Rs 653.5 billion or 100.4% of their annual target of Rs 651 billion, specialized banks disbursed Rs 81.2 billion or 71.8% of their annual target of Rs 113 billion and fifteen domestic private banks as a group achieved 86.5% by disbursing Rs 211.9 billion against their target of Rs 245 during FY-2018-19.
The detailed credit performance reveals that during FY 2018-19, five major commercial banks collectively disbursed Rs653.5bn or 100.4pc of their annual target of Rs651bn, specialised banks disbursed Rs81.2bn or 71.8pc of their annual target of Rs113bn and fifteen domestic private banks as a group achieved 86.5pc by disbursing Rs211.9bn against their target of Rs245bn during FY2018-19.
'The audit team recommended to management to require the disbursing officer to liquidate immediately her cash advances by submitting her liquidation reports to the accounting division as soon as its purpose has been served.
He argued that Treasury has delayed in disbursing National Government Constituency Development Fund.
Specially elected MP, Ms Bogolo Kenewendo had sought to know 'the benefits transferred to students' in the contract of disbursing allowances to government sponsored students by FNBB.
Nine Microfinance banks as a group surpassed their annual target of Rs 40.1 billion by disbursing agri.
Ultimately, this effort was broken into three distinct, manageable and measurable components: Procurement for Public Sector (now Army Contract Writing System (ACWS)), Supplier Self-Services (SUS), and direct Treasury Disbursing.
Through this financial assistance, the EU is proud to support the courageous reform agenda pursued by the government." On his part, Pierre Moscovici, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, declared that "the 600 million euro in macro-financial assistance disbursed today adds to the 1.6 billion euro already provided by the EU since the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine." "In addition, the Commission envisages disbursing another 1.2 billion euro in the coming months subject to successful implementation of the economic and structural reforms agreed between the EU and Ukraine," he added.

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