disburse

dis·burse

verb \dis-ˈbərs\

dis·burseddis·burs·ing

Definition of DISBURSE

transitive verb

1

a : to pay out : expend especially from a fund <disburse money> b : to make a payment in settlement of <disburse a bill>

2

: distribute

— dis·burs·er noun

Examples of DISBURSE

1. The money will be disbursed on the basis of need.
2. The government has disbursed millions of dollars in foreign aid.

Origin of DISBURSE

Middle French desbourser, from Old French desborser, from des- dis- + borse purse, from Medieval Latin bursa

First Known Use: 1530

Related to DISBURSE

Synonyms: spend, drop, expend, fork (over, out, or up), give, lay out, outlay, pay, shell out

Related Words: lavish, rain; blow, dissipate, fritter (away), run through, squander, throw away, waste

Near Antonyms: cache, hoard, lay up, save; acquire, earn, gain, garner, make, procure, realize, secure, win

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Other Economics Terms

actuary, compound interest, globalization, indemnity, portfolio, rentier, stagflation, usurer

Rhymes with DISBURSE

adverse, amerce, asperse, averse, coerce, commerce, converse, cutpurse, disperse, diverse, dry nurse, free verse, immerse, inverse, Nez Percé, obverse, perverse, rehearse, reverse, scrub nurse, sesterce, submerse, transverse, traverse, wet nurse