disbursement

noun

dis-ˈbərs-mənt How to pronounce disbursement (audio)
Definition of disbursementnext
1
as in expense
a payment made in the course of achieving a result substantial disbursements for research and development

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2
as in payment
the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services the disbursement of the foundation's funds to several cancer research centers

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3
as in distribution
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

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Recent Examples of disbursement Yet the defense industry’s disbursement of billions of dollars to lobby Congress and influence policy debates helps drive the United States’ mindless militarism. — Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026 Environmental Protection Agency outlays dropped $20 billion (59%) because of lower clean-energy grant disbursements. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026 One of the Larson’s campaign recent disbursements was labeled an in-kind voter list to Count on Connecticut. — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026 Some hospitals that provide emergency medical services but not trauma care, including Catalina Island Health and MLK hospital, are pushing for the county to help them by providing recurring disbursements of Measure B funds. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disbursement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disbursement
  1. expense
  2. payment
  3. distribution
  4. cost
  5. paying
  6. allocation
  7. expenditure
Noun
  • The Arkansas Medicaid program pays the premium and provides additional payments that reduce or eliminate enrollees' out-of-pocket expenses for medical care.
    — Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Yes, the Bengals landed right guard Dalton Risner near the end of last August, but finding a similar player this year would be unlikely, and Risner’s path to becoming a starter in 2025 came at the expense of early-season issues.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of expense
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  • However, Jaworski, who has donated plasma four times, says payment helps to ensure a sustainable supply of the raw material for lifesaving medicines.
    — CNN Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Epic sued Apple after the iPhone maker removed Fortnite from the App Store, accusing the company of illegally controlling the way apps were distributed and payments were processed on iPhones.
    — Jeffrey Kopp, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
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  • Summary Hugging Face's latest report highlights a rapidly expanding community distribution layer for open models, converting raw weights into runnable formats like GGUF.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The company has prided itself on relying on about two dozen mammoth warehouses as the core of its vast logistical network stockpiling the goods before shipping to about 100,000 storefront distribution points nationwide.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of distribution
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  • The cost of building Elston Howard Field, previously named Heritage Field, was $51 million, according to a 2011 report in The New York Times.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Oil prices and government borrowing costs climbed higher on Tuesday as traders’ hopes of a swift resolution to the US-Iran conflict fade.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of cost
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  • In April, the SPLC was charged as an organization with bank fraud and money laundering offenses related to its paying of informants to infiltrate hate groups.
    — Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The affordability crisis extends to healthcare, housing, and access to good paying jobs.
    — Elijah Manley, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026
Definition of paying
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  • In a recent letter to the communities, CMS didn’t make any promises about a last-minute rescue and warned prices might be higher if there is an emergency allocation.
    — Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Boards and audit committees should be asking when routine asset sales to service a perpetual obligation stop being a capital allocation decision, because that question will only become more important from here.
    — Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of allocation
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  • Yet, despite decades of effort and millions in capital expenditures, true end-to-end lineage across a complex enterprise mosaic of custom builds and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products remained an elusive goal.
    — Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Traders will also get the latest reading on the personal consumption expenditures price index, which is slated for release next Wednesday.
    — Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of expenditure

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