DISBURSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disburse mean? 

• DISBURSE (verb)
  The verb DISBURSE has 1 sense:

1. expend, as from a fund

  Familiarity information: DISBURSE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISBURSE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they disburse    ... he / she / it disburses   
Past simple: disbursed   
Past participle: disbursed   
-ing form: disbursing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Expend, as from a fund

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

disburse; pay out

Hypernyms (to "disburse" is one way to...):

pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

disbursal; disbursement (the act of spending or disbursing money)

disbursement (amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures))

disburser (someone who spends money to purchase goods or services)

 Context examples 

However, a non-profit organization may accept, hold and disburse money and other things of value.

(Nonprofit Organization, NCI Thesaurus)