disburse — 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 /… … Financial and business terms
Disburse — 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disburse — (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 … Etymology dictionary
disburse — *spend, expend Analogous words: *distribute, dispense: apportion, *allot, allocate: *pay … New Dictionary of Synonyms
disburse — [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 … New thesaurus
disburse — ► VERB ▪ pay out (money from a fund). DERIVATIVES disbursal noun disbursement noun. ORIGIN Old French desbourser, from bourse purse … English terms dictionary
disburse — [dis bʉrs′] vt. disbursed, disbursing [OFr desbourser < des , DIS + bourse, borse, purse: see DIS & BOURSE] to pay out; expend disbursable adj. disburser n … English World dictionary
disburse — 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… … English dictionary
disburse — 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 … New Collegiate Dictionary
disburse — v. (B) to disburse funds to the states * * * [dɪs bɜːs] (B) to disburse funds to the states … Combinatory dictionary