disbursement
noun
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Disbursement was minted in English in the late 16th century by melding the noun suffix -ment with the verb disburse (which in turn comes, in part, from the Medieval Latin word bursa, meaning “money bag”). During the 16th and 17th centuries, deburse, depurse, and dispurse were deposited in the English language bank as synonyms of disburse. Deburse and depurse were also used respectively to form debursement and depursement, but these synonyms of disburse and disbursement all quickly declined in value and were never redeemed.
Examples of disbursement in a Sentence
Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 8 May 2025
Aid disbursements are extremely complicated, however before it was dismantled, USAID had important safeguards, including inspector generals whose job was to track spending and report waste, fraud, and abuse.
—Jennifer Lotito, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
That team was lost in last week’s reorganization, along with another that handles disbursement of funds for 300 grants in more than 40 countries.
—Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Warren is not the first to warn against the impact that DOGE may be having on benefit disbursement.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Disbursement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disbursement. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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