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verb (used with object), -bursed, -burs·ing.
1.
to pay out (money), especially 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; < Middle French desbourser, Old French desborser, equivalent to des- dis-1 + -borser, derivative of borse purse < Late Latin bursa bag
1520–30; < Middle French desbourser, Old French desborser, equivalent to des- dis-1 + -borser, derivative of borse purse < Late Latin bursa bag
Related forms
dis·burs·a·ble, adjective
dis·burs·er, noun
non·dis·burs·a·ble, adjective
non·dis·bursed, adjective
re·dis·burse, verb (used with object), -bursed, -burs·ing.
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Word Origin & History
disburse
1520s, from O.Fr. desbourser (13c.), from des- "dis-" + bourse "purse" (see bursar). Related: Disbursed.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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