disbursement

1 a payment made in the course of achieving a result substantial disbursements for research and development Synonyms charge, cost, expense, expenditure, outgo, outlayRelated Words overhead; outflow; pocket money, spending money; price, rate, tab, tariff, toll

2 the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services the disbursement of the foundation's funds to several cancer research centers Synonyms compensation, payment, giving, paying, remitment, remittance, remunerationRelated Words rendering, tendering; reimbursement, repayment; paying off, paying up, prepayment; overpaymentNear Antonyms underpaymentAntonyms nonpayment

3 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 Synonyms admeasurement, allocation, allotment, apportionment, distribution, dispensation, division, issuanceRelated Words reallocation, reapportionment, redistribution, redivision, repartition; division, partition, separation