verb
disburse
Disburse (verb) means to pay money out, especially from a fund kept for a particular purpose.
verb
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To pay money out, especially from a fund kept for a particular purpose.
"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."
— Samanth Subramanian, How our home delivery habit reshaped the world (2019)
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Etymology
Comes from Old French desbourser (Modern French débourser); on the surface, it can be analysed as dis- plus burse ("purse").
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What is the meaning of disburse?
"disburse" (verb) means to pay money out, especially from a fund kept for a particular purpose.
What is the opposite of disburse?
Opposites of "disburse" include save, economize, hoard.
