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DISBURSE

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dis⋅burse

  [dis-burs]
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–verb (used with object), -bursed, -burs⋅ing.
1. to pay out (money), esp. for expenses; expend.
2. to distribute or scatter: Our troops were disbursed over a wide area. She disbursed the flowers to the children.
Origin:
1520–30; < MF desbourser, OF desborser, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + -borser, deriv. of borse purse < LL bursa bag

Related forms:
dis⋅burs⋅a⋅ble, adjective
dis⋅burs⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. lay out. See spend.
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dis·burse   (dĭs-bûrs')   
tr.v.   dis·bursed, dis·burs·ing, dis·burs·es
To pay out, as from a fund; expend. See Synonyms at spend.

[Obsolete French desbourser, from Old French desborser : des-, dis- + borse, purse (from Late Latin bursa; see bursa).]
dis·burs'a·ble adj., dis·burs'er n.
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Word Origin & History

disburse 
1530, from O.Fr. desbourser (13c.), from des- "dis-" + bourse "purse" (see bursar).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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