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
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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)