"disburse" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪsˈbɝs/ [General-American], [dɪsˈpɝs] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disburse.wav Forms: disburses [present, singular, third-person], disbursing [participle, present], disbursed [participle, past], disbursed [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s Etymology: From Old French desbourser (modern: débourser). Equivalent to dis- + burse (“purse”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|desbourser}} Old French desbourser, {{prefix|en|dis|burse|t2=purse}} dis- + burse (“purse”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} disburse (third-person singular simple present disburses, present participle disbursing, simple past and past participle disbursed)
  1. (finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury. Categories (topical): Finance Derived forms: disbursement, disburser, nondisbursed, redisburse, undisbursed Related terms: bursar, reimburse Translations (to pay out): изплащам (izplaštam) (Bulgarian), разплащам се (razplaštam se) (Bulgarian), vyplatit (Czech), vydat (z fondu) (Czech), uitbetalen (Dutch), maksaa (Finnish), suorittaa maksu (Finnish), antaa rahaa (Finnish), débourser (French), desembolsar (Galician), ausschütten (German), folyósít (Hungarian), kiutal (Hungarian), kifizet (Hungarian), desembolsar (Portuguese), despender (Portuguese), betala ut (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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