disbursement

disbursement

noun

Definition of DISBURSEMENT

1

a payment made in the course of achieving a result <substantial disbursements for research and development>

Synonyms charge, cost, disbursement, expenditure, outgo, outlay

Related Words overhead; outflow; pocket money, spending money; price, rate, tab, tariff, toll

2

the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services <the disbursement of the foundation's funds to several cancer research centers>

Synonyms compensation, disbursement, giving, paying, remitment, remittance, remuneration

Related Words rendering, tendering; reimbursement, repayment; paying off, paying up, prepayment; overpayment

Near Antonyms underpayment

Antonyms nonpayment

3

the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group <the agency whose responsibilities included the disbursement of strains of the virus to medical research labs around the country>

Synonyms admeasurement, allocation, allotment, apportionment, disbursement, dispensation, division, issuance

Related Words reallocation, reapportionment, redistribution, redivision, repartition; division, partition, separation