disburse

From Old French desbourser (modern: débourser). Equivalent to dis- +‎ burse (“purse”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈbɚs/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)s

disburse (third-person singular simple present disburses, present participle disbursing, simple past and past participle disbursed)

1. (finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.

• Do not confuse with disperse.

(to pay out): shell out (informal), cough up (informal), fork out (informal), fork over (informal)

• disbursement

• subsider