disburse
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French desbourser (modern: débourser). Equivalent to dis- + burse (“purse”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪsˈbɝs/, [dɪsˈpɝs]
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
- Homophone: disperse
Verb edit
disburse (third-person singular simple present disburses, present participle disbursing, simple past and past participle disbursed)
- (finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
- 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian[1]:
- The consequent traffic is so grave that, last year, councils in England and Wales demanded that the government disburse £1bn a year to them so they could repair roads and tackle congestion.
Usage notes edit
- Do not confuse with disperse.
Synonyms edit
(to pay out): shell out (informal), cough up (informal), fork out (informal), fork over (informal)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
to pay out
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