DISBURSEMENT Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

disbursement

noun

dis-ˈbərs-mənt

Definition of disbursement

as in expense

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

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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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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 Caliza’s client base runs from customs brokers in Santos to global payment processors like Flutterwave and India's Skydo, and the company works with disbursement partner LianLian on Latin America-to-China flows. — Aaron Stanley, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 This is the plan Parent PLUS loans will automatically roll into if parents take a Parent PLUS disbursement on or after July 1 or don't consolidate their loans before July 1. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 18 June 2026 While class members could, in theory, continue selling their claims after that point, industry participants generally expect the market to dry up once buyers can no longer receive direct disbursements from the QSF. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 June 2026 Ask any firm holding a pension, brokerage or annuity account about its policy on disbursements after an address change. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for disbursement

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Noun

Fury has already spent one post-fight interview working the microphone at Joshua's expense.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
If the litigation proves unsuccessful, the attorney not only receives nothing, but the attorney is also out on expenses incurred in the representation.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of expense

Noun

For example, a small business owner could ask Claude to create a revenue summary or to flag any unusual activity using data from popular payment solutions like Stripe.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 18 July 2026
These issues absolutely demand primary care payment reform and reprioritization.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 18 July 2026

Definition of payment

Noun

As Will County farmland gives way to warehouses, distribution centers and data centers, conservationists say the landscape around Midewin is changing rapidly.

— Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Jim Orr, president of domestic theatrical distribution for Universal, which put out both The Odyssey and Oppenheimer, agrees that the British auteur is singularly responsible for keeping the turnstiles spinning.

— Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Definition of distribution

Noun

That design philosophy allows manufacturers to prioritize rapid production, simpler assembly and lower manufacturing costs without compromising mission performance.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Water levels in parts of the river have fallen so low that cargo ships have had to reduce their load and spread it across multiple vessels, increasing costs.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Definition of cost

Noun

Investors who access emerging markets through a broad index miss the dispersion that active country allocation can capture.

— Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
United hold back 200 tickets from each away allocation (typically 3,000) for their players, and not all of these are taken.

— Andy Mitten, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of allocation

Noun

That raises the question of whether their expenditures will ever be matched by the spending that companies and individuals will do to use generative artificial intelligence.

— Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
Even putting aside those risks, capital expenditures related to the AI buildout, robust consumer spending and rising wages driven by a tight labor market have kept inflation above the Fed’s 2% mandate.

— Justin Zacks, CNBC, 24 July 2026

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