disburse

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: dis=burse
• COUNT in NET: 2 in 2 verses (in OT : 2 in 2 verses)

OXFORD DICTIONARY

disburse, v.
1 tr. expend (money).
2 tr. defray (a cost).
3 intr. pay money.

Derivative

disbursal n. disbursement n. disburser n.

Etymology

OF desbourser (as DIS-, BOURSE)

THESAURUS

disburse

administer, budget, cost, cost out, deal, deal out, dispense, disperse, dispose, distribute, dole, dole out, expend, fork out, give, give out, go through, incur costs, invest, issue, lay, lay out, measure out, mete, mete out, open the purse, outlay, parcel out, partition, pass around, pay, pay out, portion out, put out, run through, schedule, shell out, sink money in, spend, splurge, spoon out, squander, throw money around

ROGET THESAURUS

disburse

Expenditure

VB expend, spend, run through, get through, pay, disburse, ante, ante up, pony up, open the purse strings, loose the purse strings, untie the purse strings, lay out, shell out, fork out, fork over, bleed, make up a sum, invest, sink money, run up debts, run up bills (debt), fee, pay one's way, subscribe, subsidize.