disburse

  • 31disburse(s) — disperse(s) …

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  • 32disburse — v. 1 tr. expend (money). 2 tr. defray (a cost). 3 intr. pay money. Derivatives: disbursal n. disbursement n. disburser n. Etymology: OF desbourser (as DIS , BOURSE) …

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  • 33re-disburse — v. a. Refund, repay …

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  • 34Disbursed — Disburse Dis*burse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbursed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbursing}.] [OF. desbourser, F. d[ e]bourser; pref. des (L. dis ) + bourse purse. See {Burse}, and cf. {Dispurse}.] To pay out; to expend; usually from a public fund or… …

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  • 35Disbursing — Disburse Dis*burse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbursed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbursing}.] [OF. desbourser, F. d[ e]bourser; pref. des (L. dis ) + bourse purse. See {Burse}, and cf. {Dispurse}.] To pay out; to expend; usually from a public fund or… …

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  • 36Disbursing officer — Disburse Dis*burse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbursed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbursing}.] [OF. desbourser, F. d[ e]bourser; pref. des (L. dis ) + bourse purse. See {Burse}, and cf. {Dispurse}.] To pay out; to expend; usually from a public fund or… …

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  • 37disbursal — disburse ► VERB ▪ pay out (money from a fund). DERIVATIVES disbursal noun disbursement noun. ORIGIN Old French desbourser, from bourse purse …

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  • 38disbursement — disburse ► VERB ▪ pay out (money from a fund). DERIVATIVES disbursal noun disbursement noun. ORIGIN Old French desbourser, from bourse purse …

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  • 39spend — /spend/, v., spent, spending. v.t. 1. to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one s money. 2. to employ (labor, thought, words, time, etc.), as on some object or in some… …

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  • 40expend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. spend, lay out, pay [out], disburse; use, consume; exhaust; give; waste, use up. See payment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To use] Syn. exhaust, use up, employ; see consume 2 . 2. [To spend] Syn. pay out …

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