disburse

[US]/dɪsˈbɜːs/
[UK]/dɪsˈbɜːrs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. pay out; expend

Phrases & Collocations

disburse funds

disburse payment

Example Sentences

disburse a large amount of money for education

In the 2000—2008 school year, $426.5 million was disbursed to 349085 students.

The company will disburse bonuses to employees next month.

The charity organization will disburse funds to support education programs.

It is the responsibility of the finance department to disburse payments to vendors on time.

The government will disburse disaster relief funds to affected areas.

The scholarship committee will disburse grants to deserving students.

The bank will disburse loans to qualified applicants.

The organization will disburse grants to support small businesses.

The university will disburse financial aid to eligible students.

The foundation will disburse funds for medical research projects.

The committee will disburse funds for community development initiatives.

Real-world Examples

Cohen received or disbursed at least $4.4 million between late 2016 and into this year.

Source: Time

Your identity might be stolen to make you responsible for repaying a loan disbursed to somebody else.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

People come together to share a laugh, to share in that feeling, and then to disburse just as quickly.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED Highlights

Only 1.5% of America's $350bn aid package for small firms has been disbursed so far and Britain's effort has been slow, too.

Source: Economist

You shouldn’t take loans and disburse it where it wouldn’t flourish.

Source: Advice from successful people

In total, as I said, about 1.6 billion was disbursed in these reparations.

Source: 2009 English Cafe

They start with the negative argument that dead people no longer enjoy the general freedom to disburse their wealth as they wish-as the dead have no rights.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

So the government decides to support farmers, to set up a budget, to set up the requirements for the people to receive the budget, and then to disburse the funds.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) March 2022 Compilation

To " disburse" (disburse) means to pay money, usually when there is a lot of money that needs to be given in small amounts to many different people for some reason.

Source: 2009 English Cafe

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