as in to pay
to hand over or use up in payment
the foundation disburses money to many worthy causes
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Recent Examples of disburse
In order to fund the government, every year, Congress must pass legislation dictating how funds are to be disbursed.
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
The Fei Mu Awards, for emerging filmmakers making films in the Chinese language are disbursed to selections in the festival’s Hidden Dragons strand.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
More than $250,000 has been disbursed to 800-plus antifascists from 26 countries since the bail fund’s establishment in 2015.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
Once federal student aid is approved, the Department of Education disburses the money to the school, which deducts the tuition costs and forwards the remaining balance to the student to cover living expenses.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
The Fei Mu Awards, for emerging filmmakers making films in the Chinese language are disbursed to selections in the festival’s Hidden Dragons strand.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
More than $250,000 has been disbursed to 800-plus antifascists from 26 countries since the bail fund’s establishment in 2015.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
Once federal student aid is approved, the Department of Education disburses the money to the school, which deducts the tuition costs and forwards the remaining balance to the student to cover living expenses.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disburse
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The state made a similar deal with the white owners of a nearby daycare that had to close due to flooding -- but ALDOT paid those property owners $165,000 for a portion of their property.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Typically, financial advisors are paid via commission, fees or a hybrid of the two.—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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That year, the board hired Pat Gelsinger, an engineer who had spent 30 years at Intel before leaving it for other companies and eventually running VMware.—
Lila MacLellan,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Elordi spent up to 10 hours per session in the makeup chair and worked 18-hour days in full prosthetics.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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How does a century-old industrial company such as Firmenich (renamed DSM-Firmenich following its 2023 merger with Dutch chemical firm DSM) manage to remain globally competitive today, given that a large share of its cost base is in the most expensive country in the world?—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers to give 60 days’ notice ahead of mass layoffs.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Disburse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disburse. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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