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Disburse

//dɪsˈbɝs// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.

    "The consequent traffic is so grave that, last year, councils in England and Wales demanded that the government disburse £1bn a year to them so they could repair roads and tackle congestion."

  2. 2
    expend, as from a fund wordnet

Etymology

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

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