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Meanings of disburse in English

Portuguese
gastar
Catalan
desembossar

Expend, as from a fund.

        gastar
        Usage of disburse in English
        1
        I can't disburse a dollar without a voucher to show for it.
        Roads of Destiny
        2
        We hope the government will disburse this money on market terms.
        Reuters
        3
        Where sitting members of parliament have rather large sums of money to disburse.
        Radio NZ
        4
        It seems the Department of Finance will not disburse the money.
        The Irish Times
        5
        My proceedings were necessarily limited, as I had no authority to disburse money.
        To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. II
        6
        We receive deposits till four o'clock, but we do not disburse after three.
        Hard Cash
        7
        Conolly did not, to my knowledge, disburse a single fraction.
        The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
        8
        The king did not only gather millions together; he knew how to disburse them worthily.
        Frederick the Great and His Court
        9
        They can now disburse the funds and distribute them to their members, he told Reuters.
        Reuters
        10
        To receive other money belonging to the town, and disburse the same according to law.
        Civil Government for Common Schools / Prepared as a Manual for P...
        11
        I did out of my own purse disburse 15l.
        The Diary of Samuel Pepys
        12
        To collect and disburse this vast amount requires careful supervision as well as systematic vigilance.
        State of the Union Addresses
        13
        And there is a lot of cash to disburse.
        Wired
        14
        The IMF will separately disburse the next 86-million-euro tranche of its share of the bailout.
        Reuters
        15
        For should his gentleman fail to disburse he could always return Sir Oliver to shore.
        The Sea-Hawk
        16
        Without the contingency package, lenders refuse to disburse new loans or discuss debt relief for Greece.
        Reuters
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        Portuguese
        gastar
        Disburse through the time