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disburse - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
transitive verb synonym : spend .
from The Century Dictionary.
noun
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
transitive verb transitive verb
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb finance To pay out , expend ; usually from a public fund or treasury
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Obsolete French desbourser , from Old French desborser : des- , dis- + borse , purse (from Late Latin bursa ; see bursa).]
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From Old French desbourser (modern: débourser ). Equivalent to dis- + burse ("purse").
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Examples
The estate had money from oil but the trustee just did not want to disburse any of it.
Deported 2009
Since then, the market has grown and attracted larger players after it became clear the trustee liquidating Mr. Madoff's firm, Irving Picard , would be able to disburse at least $10 billion.
Madoff Claims Lure Banks Michael Rothfeld 2011
And sons and daughters of his flesh and of the law needs must go with him fulsomely eating out of the gnarled old hand that had half a million to disburse .
LIKE ARGUS OF THE ANCIENT TIMES 2010
The estate had money from oil but the trustee just did not want to disburse any of it.
Deported 2009
The estate had money from oil but the trustee just did not want to disburse any of it.
Deported 2009
CHENNAI -- Daimler Financial Services AG, part of German auto maker Daimler AG, Tuesday announced the start of its wholly owned unit in India and said it expects to disburse loans worth $500 million in five years in this growing market for automobiles.
Daimler Starts India Financial Unit Nikhil Gulati 2011
Ensure that the federal government and state and local governments disburse funds according to an established and accelerated timeline
Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam: The Need for Austerity and Audacity Ed Crego 2011
Ensure that the federal government and state and local governments disburse funds according to an established and accelerated timeline
Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam: The Need for Austerity and Audacity Ed Crego 2011
The estate had money from oil but the trustee just did not want to disburse any of it.
Deported 2009
The estate had money from oil but the trustee just did not want to disburse any of it.
Deported 2009
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