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.
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Disburse
//dɪsˈbɝs//
Synonyms for "disburse" (52 found)
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Related words (26)
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20 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- изплащам verb (to pay out)
- разплащам се verb (to pay out)
Czech
2 entries- vydat (z fondu) verb (to pay out)
- vyplatit verb (to pay out)
Dutch
1 entries- uitbetalen verb (to pay out)
Finnish
3 entries- antaa rahaa verb (to pay out)
- maksaa verb (to pay out)
- suorittaa maksu verb (to pay out)
French
1 entries- débourser verb (to pay out)
Galician
1 entries- desembolsar verb (to pay out)
German
1 entries- ausschütten verb (to pay out)
Hungarian
3 entries- folyósít verb (to pay out)
- kifizet verb (to pay out)
- kiutal verb (to pay out)
Polish
2 entries- wypłacać verb (to pay out)
- wypłacić verb (to pay out)
Portuguese
2 entries- desembolsar verb (to pay out)
- despender verb (to pay out)
Swedish
1 entries- betala ut verb (to pay out)
Vietnamese
1 entries- giải ngân verb (to pay out)
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