disbursements

plural of disbursement
1
as in expenses
a payment made in the course of achieving a result substantial disbursements for research and development

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2
as in payments
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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3
as in distributions
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 disbursements The funding will come from federal disbursements sent to the county under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a program geared towards post-COVID relief. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026 This is done to comply with the SSI payment schedule, which sets disbursements for the first day of each month and moves them earlier when that date falls on a holiday. — Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026 Following a confusing rollout of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s loan changes, some students couldn’t pay bills over summer, stoking fears about fall semester disbursements. — Erin Rode, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2026 Under this contract, the district has the authority to make contributions and request disbursements. — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Environmental Protection Agency outlays dropped $20 billion (59%) because of lower clean-energy grant disbursements. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026 One of the Larson’s campaign recent disbursements was labeled an in-kind voter list to Count on Connecticut. — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026 Some hospitals that provide emergency medical services but not trauma care, including Catalina Island Health and MLK hospital, are pushing for the county to help them by providing recurring disbursements of Measure B funds. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 The report found that disbursements from donor governments to low- and middle-income countries decreased 25% from 2024 to 2025. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 28 July 2026
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Noun
  • Lighter planes consume less jet fuel, which directly cuts carbon emissions and operating expenses for commercial airlines.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
  • For a small business, those gaps can affect when revenue is available for payroll, inventory, suppliers, contractors, and other expenses.
    — Karen Koehler, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
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  • The Merchant Risk Council’s 2026 fraud report found that 63% of merchants are exploring or implementing agentic AI payments, payments an AI agent initiates on a customer’s behalf, even as 62% report rising first-party misuse.
    — Wayne Hamilton, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Officials where the facility is being built have delayed permits necessary to power the project, and Oracle may seek to delay lease payments.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • This year, the treasurer expects distributions from September bills to begin landing in October.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The research team’s next release, LandScan Mosaic Timeseries (LSM-TS), will have annual population distributions spanning 50 years, from 1975 through 2024.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Room for Disagreement For Oman, Qatar, and Pakistan, these economic and security costs may add urgency in their push to press all sides to a resolution.
    — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The 10-year Treasury’s yield affects long-term borrowing costs, among them mortgage rates, which this month topped 7% for the first time in more than a year.
    — Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
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  • This includes elective deferrals, employer matching and nonelective contributions and allocations of forfeitures.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • After stocks, private equity and cash attracted the most incremental capital with a net 15% of respondents increasing their allocations in each category, according to the survey.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • As part of that proposal, which has not been previously reported, the Ryans agreed to cover half of the eight-figure expenditures that had been incurred to that point to walk away.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Next week will bring the release of the personal consumption expenditures price index for August.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Disbursements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disbursements. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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