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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

disburse en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • [dɪsˈpɝs] (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /dɪsˈbɝs/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Old French desbourser (Modern French débourser). By surface analysis, dis- + burse (“purse”).

Meanings

  1. To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
    • The consequent traffic is so grave that, last year, councils in England and Wales demanded that the government disburse £1bn a year to them so they could repair roads and tackle congestion. 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
disburses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
disbursed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
disbursed Tense=Past lexicographic
disbursing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

disbursement · nondisbursed · disburser · undisbursed · redisburse

Relateds

reimburse · bursar

Translations (24)

fr débourser (to pay out) · bg изплащам (to pay out) · pl wypłacać (to pay out) · pt despender (to pay out) · fi maksaa (to pay out) · hu kiutal (to pay out) · cs vyplatit (to pay out) · fi suorittaa maksu (to pay out) · pdt uttolen (to pay out) · cs vydat (z fondu) (to pay out) · gl desembolsar (to pay out) · hu folyósít (to pay out) · hu kifizet (to pay out) · ca desemborsar (to pay out) · vi giải ngân (to pay out) · pt desembolsar (to pay out) · bg разплащам се (to pay out) · fi antaa rahaa (to pay out) · cy gwario (to pay out) · pl wypłacić (to pay out) · nl uitbetalen (to pay out) · ga íoc amach (to pay out) · sv betala ut (to pay out) · de ausschütten (to pay out)