disburse
disburse is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury. The duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues. Macaulay. Disbursing officer, an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- advance
- ante
- bank
- bleed
- bribe
- circulation
- contingent
- cost
- debt
- deposit
- disbursement
- donation
- earnest
- expend
- expenditure
- fee
- footing
- fork
- garnish
- get
- give
- going
- handsel
- installment
- invest
- investment
- lay
- loose
- make
- money
- open
- out
- over
- paid
- pay
- payment
- pony
- price
- prime
- purchase
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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