Definition of disbursement
: the act of paying out money especially from a fund : the act of disbursing the disbursement of government funds; also : funds paid out received monthly disbursements
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Examples of disbursement in a Sentence
substantial disbursements for research and development
the disbursement of the foundation's funds to several cancer research centers
Recent Examples of disbursement from the Web
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The per-school disbursement increased by 14.5 percent from last year’s $30.4 million average and the money tree will continue growing with the resurrection of December’s football championship game at AT&T Stadium (date TBD).
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In the process, some additional disbursements were inadvertently omitted from the post-general report.
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Those disbursements reached $848 million in the first half of the year through June 2017.
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And the problem will likely only get worse as more baby boomers retire with few to no assets other than their federal disbursements.
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The Wasp rations access to the broader civilian web through judicious disbursement of logins.
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Origin and Etymology of disbursement
see disburse
First Known Use: 1596
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