disburse

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb expend, as from a fund

Etymology

From Old French desbourser (Modern French débourser). By surface analysis, dis- + burse (“purse”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

pay out

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