disburse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb expend, as from a fund
    pay out.

WordNet

Dis*burse" transitive verb
Etymology
OF. desbourser, F. débourser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + bourse purse. See Burse, and cf. Dispurse.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Disbursed ; present participle & verbal noun Disbursing
Definitions
  1. To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury.
    The duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues. Macaulay.

Webster 1913